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Adolf Hitler

Humans

Analysing Hitler's DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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GEGPJC XX Chromosome concept. Female Heterogametic Sex. 3d illustration.

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Finally wrangling with the complexity of female bodies benefits us all

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UCLA students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a

Society

Is the future of education outside universities?

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Humans

Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

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Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

Society

Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

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UNITED STATES - MAY 9: An inverted image of the U.S. Capitol is reflected in puddle on the East Front on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality

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Physics

The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law

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Space

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

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CMB-S4 will use telescopes installed at the South Pole to measure variations in the temperature and polarization of microwave light across most of the sky to probe for ripples in space-time. Shown here is the South Pole Telescope. Photo: Brad Benson, University of Chicago, Fermilab

Space

The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Owning our own data is the only way to stop enshittifcation

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Environment

Tough choices lie ahead when it comes to climate change adaptation

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Mathematics

Why zero is the most important number in all of mathematics

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Mind

Horror fans aren't cold and unfeeling – just listen to the science

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