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HEFEI, CHINA - APRIL 18, 2021 - Aerial photo shows the Institute of Quantum Information and Quantum Technology Innovation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei, Anhui province, April 18, 2021. (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Technology

Will the US or China win the race for global quantum dominance?

Quantum computers are becoming a matter of national security, but is the US or China leading the race for global dominance?

Insight

Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?

Health

Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?

Insight

Can the UK recycle plastic without dumping it on other countries?

Environment

Can the UK recycle plastic without dumping it on other countries?

Insight

Japan wants to use the Olympic games to promote hydrogen to the world

Technology

Japan wants to use the Olympic games to promote hydrogen to the world

Insight

A mysterious rise in methane levels is sparking global warming fears

Environment

A mysterious rise in methane levels is sparking global warming fears

Insight

Limiting fossil fuel use isn’t enough – we must stop extraction too

Environment

Limiting fossil fuel use isn’t enough – we must stop extraction too

Insight

Is digging a tunnel under Stonehenge good or bad for archaeology?

Humans

Is digging a tunnel under Stonehenge good or bad for archaeology?

Insight

US election 2020: Trump's impact on the environment, health and space

Health

US election 2020: Trump's impact on the environment, health and space

Insight

NASA to film an Estée Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business

Space

NASA to film an Estée Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business

Insight

Silicon Valley billionaires want to geoengineer the world's oceans

Earth

Silicon Valley billionaires want to geoengineer the world's oceans

A New Scientist investigation has found that some of the world's richest people are funding geoengineering plans that would transform the world's oceans to combat climate change

Insight

Environment

Fire and melting ice: The Arctic is having a terrifyingly bad year

Insight

Health

What is the best way to lose weight and keep it off for good?

Insight

Humans

Minority scientists still face many forms of institutional racism

Insight

Health

Why US society is so vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic

Insight