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Jun 25, 2024 · Multiverse ideas gained scientific weight in the 1980s with the invention of inflation, a period when the early universe suddenly expanded.Inflation explains why the cosmos is so …

Dec 20, 2024 · We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. …

Dec 9, 2024 · Google has unveiled a new quantum computer called Willow that excels at a benchmarking problem, but it still isn't clear whether these machines can serve a practical …

Sitting between biology and physics, the field of chemistry is sometimes called the central science.This branch of science deals not with the most basic elements of reality, such as …

Apr 4, 2024 · What can we do to stop Disease X? There is some good news: the covid-19 pandemic may have made it easier to stop any future Disease X. Covid-19 spurred the …

Jul 22, 2024 · Energy-producing structures within our cells called mitochondria become more numerous and efficient around this time as well. Small blood vessels known as capillaries …

Dec 23, 2024 · This article is part of a special issue investigating key questions about skincare. Find the full series here.. Whether you want to brighten, firm, plump or smooth, there is an eye …

Jul 14, 2009 · 2.3 billion years ago. Earth freezes over in what may have been the first “snowball Earth”, possibly as a result of a lack of volcanic activity.When the ice eventually melts, it …

Apr 17, 2024 · Investigations of the paradoxical link between tinnitus and hearing loss have revealed a hidden form of deafness, paving the way to possible new treatments