Astronomy
Technology is changing our perspective on nature – at every scale
Inspired by Ariel Waldman’s docuseries Life Unearthed, columnist Annalee Newitz explores how microscopes, drones and specialised cameras are giving us an unprecedented view of nature from many different vantage points
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Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?
The surprising discovery of mysterious blobs inside our cells is revolutionising our understanding of how life works, and how it got started
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Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body
IVF could be done inside the body using a revolutionary technique that reduces the invasiveness of the traditional fertility treatment
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The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it will be studied
Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on children. Now, the UK government has announced a total ban for everyone under 16, and researchers are rushing to design rigorous studies before it comes into effect
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Inside the start-up aiming for a giant leap in robot intelligence
Physical Intelligence is drawing on the broad knowledge of large language models to help robots understand instructions and learn to carry out any task independently
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Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?
Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud in 2028, which will require a real leap in engineering
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We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem
Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question. Now we may finally have an answer, says columnist Leah Crane
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