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A lump of gold

Chemistry

New form of gold is much golder than normal gold

Gold never loses its lustre because it is so chemically unreactive, and now microscopic gold crystals have been made that are even less reactive

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water artwork

Earth

H2Oh! Water is actually two liquids disguised as one

Features

H2Oh! 10 mysteries of water

Earth

H2Oh! 10 mysteries of water

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Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

Earth

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

Life

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

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roaming free

Physics

Upend atom! We've found a whole new way of doing chemistry

Features

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

Life

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

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Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

Earth

Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

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Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

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lake

Earth

Acid bath: The new threat to lakes and rivers

Freshwater acidification was supposed to be a thing of the past, but it’s back and it could be even worse this time

Features

Physics

Making custom qubits by pushing together two individual atoms

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Technology

Novichok attack tests the world's chemical weapons treaty

Analysis

Life

Mould gets artistic to take particle decay photo to a new level

Regulars

Health

Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent

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