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Bright skies at night: The riddle of the nocturnal sun

Before artificial lights blinded our sight, reports of nights as bright as day were common. What lay behind the phenomenon was a mystery – until now

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Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

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Life

Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

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Humans

We are not amused: Victorian experiments not to try at home

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Life

Busy doing nothing: How sloths mastered life in the slow lane

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Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

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A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

Physics

A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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Physics

Consciously quantum: How you make everything real

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We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

Technology

We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

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Why Hawking's PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration

Physics

Why Hawking's PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration

Millions rushed to freely access Stephen Hawking's early musings when they went online. More of the same would help ignite young minds everywhere, says Geraint Lewis

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Physics

Quantum code: why building the ultimate computer is the easy bit

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Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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Physics

The most precise atomic clock ever made is a cube of quantum gas

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Physics

The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

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