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Leaders

Technology

Killer robots are here – we must finally decide whether to accept them

We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war

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Technology

Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war

Uncrewed ground vehicles have already been tested for defending the front line by the Ukrainian military. Despite their limitations, these remotely controlled robots could be the deciding factor in many conflicts

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You could get some of the benefits of sleep without having to nod off

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Environment

Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland

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Earth

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years

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Life

Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species

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Humans

Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

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Technology

Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

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Vaping after quitting smoking is linked to lung cancer

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Life

Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’

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Life

Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording

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Physics

Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion

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Technology

Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while using less energy

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Environment

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

News

Physics

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping

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Life

Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?

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Life

Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks

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Mind

The relationship recession is even bigger for Gen Z than we thought

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Analysis

Technology

Can Apple and Google stop children from sharing explicit images?

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned tech firms, including Apple and Google, that they must voluntarily implement tools to stop children sharing explicit images, but experts warn this is easier said than done

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Aperture

Life

Dramatic photo of ibis being guided to their winter homes wins award

Student Gunnar Hartmann wins Nature’s 2026 Scientist at Work photography competition for this shot of migrating northern bald ibis in Spain

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Features

Physics

A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp

Defying the laws of thermodynamics, experiments are beginning to show that a quantum state that is frozen forever might not be impossible. If we can tame it, it could unlock whole new types of matter

Features

Life

Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?

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The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age

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Culture

Life

New Scientist recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life

An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet

Culture

Space

The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

Culture

Technology

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

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More

Space

A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now

Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of them for distant galaxies? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein argues that solving this cosmic mix-up is particularly possible now, as galaxy research has never been stronger

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Physics

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

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Humans

What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa

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Life

Inside the emerging science of healthspan extension for pets

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Mind

How to sparkle in conversation with strangers

Comment

Tom Gauld: 'My experiment is generating infinite power!'

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Twisteddoodles on the dangers of AI summaries

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Comment

The bigger the lizard, the bigger the Wiki page, discovers ecologist

Feedback is delighted to explore research digging into the relationship between a reptile's body mass and the length of its Wikipedia entry – but would like to throw Godzilla into the mix

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Letters

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