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Science

  • 'Connection to our roots'
    Oldest carved piece of wood to be found in Britain dates back 6,000 years

    Metre-long piece of timber was found in trench dug for workshop at property in Boxford, Berkshire

  • Obesity
    Ministers launch £40m pilot scheme to trial wider access to slimming jab

  • Evolution
    Origins of masturbation traced back to primates 40m years ago

  • Bowel cancer
    Patients could be spared radiotherapy, US study suggests

  • Apple cider vinegar
    The ultimate panacea – or wildly overhyped?

  • The age of extinction
    Airborne DNA accidentally collected by air-quality filters reveals state of species

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News

  • Mind-reading tech ‘must include neurodivergent people to avoid bias’

    • Long Covid can impair quality of life more than advanced cancers, study says

    • Scientists record first known ‘virgin birth’ in female crocodile in Costa Rica

    • Greggs and Pret index reveals England’s true north-south divide, say scientists

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Coronavirus

  • Revised report on impact of Covid lockdowns ‘adds little insight’

  • ‘Children with ADHD are being failed’: parents share their experiences of an overwhelmed system

  • Sunak claimed the role of Covid hero. Lady Hallett may reveal a different tale

  • Sunak under fire as ‘stupid’ Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be focus of Covid inquiry

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Opinion

  • John Naughton

    A lawyer got ChatGPT to do his research, but he isn’t AI’s biggest fool

    John Naughton

  • Africa will be transformed by the potential of AI and data – if we can get investment

    Mahamudu Bawumia
  • Helen Sullivan

    A skeleton: it’s a good thing bones don’t blush

    Helen Sullivan
  • Robin McKie

    Whisper it, but Scotland is on the verge of becoming a space superpower

    Robin McKie
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Science Weekly podcast

  • ‘It’s taught me everything about living’: Rachel Clarke on delivering palliative care from the NHS to Ukraine

     

  • Why are food allergies on the rise and is a cure on the horizon? – podcast

     

  • Six months to Cop28: will the most vital summit yet make meaningful progress?

     
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Key issues

  • Physics
    The dark universe: can a scientist battling long Covid unlock the mysteries of the cosmos? – podcast

     

  • Biology
    Scientists record first known ‘virgin birth’ in female crocodile in Costa Rica

    • Space
      US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles

    • Genetics
      Airborne DNA accidentally collected by air-quality filters reveals state of species

    • Medical research
      Mind-reading tech ‘must include neurodivergent people to avoid bias’

    • Psychology
      Sight Extended review – unsettling tale is an eye-opener in our age of AI anxiety

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle

  • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Rotation, rotation, rotation

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Can you solve it? Rotation, rotation, rotation

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Succession

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Can you solve it? Succession

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Multimedia

  • Paralysed man able to walk using implant that reads brainwaves – video

     

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  • ‘Absolutely gargantuan’: astrophysicist explains largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed – video

     

    1:17

  • SpaceX Starship rocket blows up minutes after launch – video

     

    0:56

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