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Populist gains in Euro elections don’t need to derail climate action

23 May 2019

The anti-science stance of groups such as the Brexit party and Germany’s AfD is worrying – but populism and climate change denial need not go hand in hand


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Netflix’s Osmosis creates a world of terror amid the high-tech love

22 May 2019

Netflix’s latest dystopian sci-fi has nanobots crawling over people’s brains to help hunt the perfect partner, writes Chelsea Whyte in her monthly TV column


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Rise in colon cancer seen in under-50s

22 May 2019

Colorectal cancers seem to be becoming more common among younger people in rich countries


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Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on why we laugh and a love of thermostats

22 May 2019

Sophie Scott works with comedians and impressionists to uncover what happens to our brains when we laugh. And she has a very unusual hobby


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Feedback: Life, liberty and the pursuit of manly beverages

22 May 2019

Absurdly masculine US mineral water, polite Dutch trees and quantum cookie logic: our weekly round-up from the weirder side of science


Puzzle #04 Which door?

Puzzle #04 Which door?

22 May 2019

Decide which of five doors to open in a gameshow, set by Rob Eastaway. And test your science knowledge with our quick quiz


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Cryptic crossword #07

22 May 2019

Try your hand at our science-themed cryptic crossword, set by Sparticle. Plus answers to quick crossword #31


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How to make a desktop traffic light with a breadboard

22 May 2019

When circuits get complex, including a breadboard will help make sense of it all. Hannah Joshua demonstrates, with her desktop traffic light


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How antibiotic resistance is driven by pharmaceutical pollution

22 May 2019

Factories in India making cheap antibiotics for the world are dumping their waste, with grim consequences for people living nearby – and global health too


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By Jupiter! How the solar system’s giant made Earth ripe for life

22 May 2019

An audacious mission circling Jupiter’s poles is probing the planet’s deepest mysteries - including how it shaped our solar system and paved the way for our existence


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