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Jacklyn Gates (Staff Scientist, Heavy Element Group) at the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator, BGS, in Building 88 on Monday, July 8, 2024 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif. Experts in the Nuclear Science Division use the 88-Inch Cyclotron to test a new way to make superheavy element 116, livermorium.

Physics

We could discover a new element on the periodic table in 2025

Work is under way to produce the first atom of element 120 ever seen on Earth, and the results could be in surprisingly soon

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Space

These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025

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Josh Smalley bakes Christmas Gingerbread
Chemistry

The science-backed method to baking a perfect gingerbread biscuit

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The eye of Hurricane Beryl on 1 July

Earth

The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024

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Environment

Monster wildfires are sending more smoke into the stratosphere

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Life

Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season

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Ants perform amputations on each other
Life

2024 review: The strangest animal videos of the year

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Mathematics

Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands

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Best toys for child cognition
Mind

Using science to buy toys that support cognitive development in kids

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Technology

OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it’s still not AGI

The latest AI model from OpenAI achieved an “impressive leap in performance” but it still hasn’t demonstrated what experts classify as human-level intelligence

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Environment

Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?

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Technology

How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban

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Technology

Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet cables

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Health

Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases?

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