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Physics

Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once

Researchers used a collection of charged atoms to create a quantum superposition of an exotic type of defect

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Health

Boosting brainwaves in sleep improves rats’ memory

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Earth

Folklore uncovers a tsunami that rocked Hawaii hundreds of years ago

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Mathematics

Mathematicians have found a new way to identify prime numbers

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Technology

Writing backwards can trick an AI into providing a bomb recipe

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Health

Listening to music after surgery seems to be an effective painkiller

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Mind

We’re starting to understand what being bullied does to the brain

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The winner of Nikon Small World photography competition went to a shot of tumour cells in a mouse's brain

Life

These stunning photos celebrate the intricacy of the microscopic world

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Health

More evidence that limiting social media won’t boost your well-being

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Life

Motor made from bacteria parts is one of the smallest ever built

The natural motors that power tail-like appendages in bacteria seem to have a single evolutionary origin, allowing parts from different species to be combined to create a tiny new engine

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Life

De-extinction company claims it has nearly complete thylacine genome

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Environment

Why farming fish is more unsustainable than catching them in the wild

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Life

Dolphins breathe in microplastics and it could be damaging their lungs

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Technology

How ‘quantum software developer’ became a job that actually exists

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