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Book review

Dane physicist Niels Bohr, pictured in his laboratory, received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the structure of atoms.

Physics

Ambitious book on quantum physics still fails to be accessible

A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be

Culture
1.5 Degrees Celsius is the magical border - after that, there's no going back. Fridays For Future, 20.09.2019 in Bonn, Germany

Mathematics

Why exploring “equality” in a new maths book may help the real world

Culture
Digital generated image of young woman standing on entrance of multicoloured portal door. Metaverse concept.

Technology

This sci-fi debut is a quietly brilliant look at a disturbing future

Culture
Couple waiting at airport Description Couple sitting, waiting at the airport behind small squared glass wall, evoking a mirage, memory and dreams in blue and grey tones. Zurich, Switzerland. 2009

Mind

Sci-fi thriller Dissolution smartly interweaves time travel and memory

Culture
2X417AE ziggurat of ur in iraq

Humans

The story of ancient Mesopotamia and the dawn of the modern world

Culture
Bill & Paul Allen at teletype machine, Lakeside yearbook photo (1969-1970)

Technology

Explore what shaped Bill Gates in part one of his autobiography

Culture
ARINGAY, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 01: Residents queue to receive a dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a rural village on December 01, 2021 in Aringay, La Union province, Philippines. The Philippines is rushing to vaccinate its population as it mulls making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory and amid the looming threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The country, which has just approved booster shots for its adult population, launched a three-day national vaccination holiday on November 29 to December 1 with the goal of vaccinating at least nine million additional people. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Health

Discover RNA’s irresistible ascent from humble molecule to CRISPR star

Culture
ET6KG3 A Peregrine Falcon , Falco peregrinus, one of the worlds fastest birds

Life

The inside story of heroic efforts to save three bird species

Culture
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Physics

Time travel sci-fi novel is a rip-roaringly good thought experiment

Culture
Members of the medical staff at the Elithair clinic conduct an artificial Intelligence analysis of Felix Hofmann's scalp and his hair roots.

Technology

A skilful primer makes sense of the mathematics beneath AI’s hood

Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The elegant maths behind modern AI explores the mechanics of the AI revolution, but doesn't examine its ethics

Culture

Mind

Nine profiles of neurodiverse people reveal rich and creative worlds

Culture

Comment

An entertaining history of gases shows science at work in daily life

Culture

Comment

Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers

Culture

Comment

Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

Culture