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15 November 2017

Has iPhone Face ID been hacked? Diets to help you live longer, where we made wine 8000 years ago, and more

IBM has built two new quantum computers with 20 and 50 qubits

15 November 2017

The race for quantum supremacy is on. IBM has built two new quantum computers that can perform calculations for 90 microseconds, longer than any other so far

Digital drug tells your doctor when you've taken your medicine

15 November 2017

FDA approves an antipsychotic pill containing an electronic sensor that activates when it hits stomach fluid and sends a message to a smartphone-linked patch

Why the male infertility crisis could be good news for women

15 November 2017

The steep decline in sperm counts is an opportunity to finally dispel the idea that fertility is primarily a women’s issue

Absolute hotness

15 November 2017

I was reading about the quest for absolute zero temperature in New Scientist (18 March, p 10). Is there an equivalent maximum temperature? If so, what is it? And how could one reach it?

Rising damp

15 November 2017

I work on farms in the fens of East Anglia, UK, where the water table is quite high. Even when there has been rain, the fields seem dry when tides at the coast are low. At high tides, the water seems to rise and make the fields wet. We all know that...

Put your best foot forward to help animal conservation

15 November 2017

Animal footprints can help in the fight to save endangered species. Wild Track would like your help to collect images and develop its footprint identification technique

For the record

15 November 2017

Now if you're ready, oysters dear...

15 November 2017

Remembering William Penney differently

15 November 2017