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Science: Animals and fungi closer than anyone expected

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: Comet on collision course with Jupiter

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: Galileo met giant magnet in space

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: Supernova changes its spectral spots

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: High-temperature superconductors are unstable

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: Supernova sends shockwaves through astronomy

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: Asteroidal bombardment wiped out the dinosaurs

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science: Algae tell of Arctic's ice-free past

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Close encounters of the shattering kind

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Secret Service violated right to electronic privacy

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Blinded by the light: Because lasers were at the heart of the plan to build an impregnable shield for the planet, billions of dollars were thrown at the technology over a short period. Could that windfall have been better spent?

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Review: Australia's record in fossils

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