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Physics

Physicists should take time to ponder the strangest ideas

There are other ways to explain wave-particle duality than Albert Einstein's, but we don't teach them. Excluding the conceptual challenges of quantum mechanics from the classroom limits our students, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Humans

When did hominins start cooking? It might be earlier than we thought

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Despite our impact, there were inspiring wildlife wins this year

Life

Despite our impact, there were inspiring wildlife wins this year

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Technology

Is our evolving relationship with tech shifting our view of reality?

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Humans

This was a terrible year for me, but spending time in nature helped

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Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing

Technology

Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing

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Technology

Leaving Twitter? Here's what other social media platforms offer

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Life

Long-haul flights: bad for the planet, necessary for global research

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Physics

The blessing and the curse of the axion’s rise in US particle physics

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Life

The migrating birds that roam the world to live in an eternal summer

Some bird species fly vast distances to enjoy an almost unlimited summer. We are still learning about how they evolved and how they know where to go, finds Penny Sarchet

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Technology

If cyberpunk no longer fits our vision of the future, what does?

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Environment

Dismissing environmentalists with an 'anti-growth' label is wrong

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Space

The extraordinary JWST is named for James Webb, whose legacy I deplore

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Life

The surprising evolutionary history of pumpkins and squashes

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