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man and forge

Technology

Impossible alloys: How to make never-before-seen metals

From bronze to steel, alloys are the backbone of the modern world. Now a recipe that shouldn鈥檛 work is creating metal mixtures with totally unexpected abilities

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Technology

The database that is rewriting history to predict the future

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Robert Pitman

Environment

I saw humpback whales save a seal from death by killer whale

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Artwork of a group of people sleeping on each other's shoulders

Humans

Tired all the time? Why fatigue isn’t just about sleep

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Al-Sayyid village

Life

A language is born 鈥� and now it is dying

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Comte de Buffon portrait

Earth

The Enlightenment scientist who feared Earth’s frozen future

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Environment

The reaction that would give us clean fossil fuels forever

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Life

Why we worry: Understanding anxiety and how to help it

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desert

Earth

Let’s harness synthetic biology to fix our broken planet

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universe

Physics

Robot eyes are catching up with our exploding cosmos

The night sky is anything but tranquil, and a new generation of robot telescopes is getting a handle on the cornucopia of fleeting flashes and flare-ups

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Humans

Neuroscientist sees kids suffer brain damage due to dire poverty

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Humans

Fast asleep? Your unconscious is still listening

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Humans

Don’t think: How your brain works things out all by itself

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Humans

We accurately weigh up a person’s character in 0.1 seconds

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