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Keeping cool with wood

29 May 2019

A material made by treating wood with hydrogen peroxide could keep houses cool


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Chimps' ingenuity earns them a treat

29 May 2019

Chimpanzees in West Africa have learned how to get hold of tortoise meat


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Women less likely to receive CPR

29 May 2019

An analysis of more than 5700 cardiac arrests in the Netherlands has found that only 68 per cent of women received a resuscitation attempt from a bystander


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Tana Joseph: The Hubble Space Telescope hooked me on science

29 May 2019

Astronomer Tana Joseph found her calling as a kid. She talks cosmic beauty, binary black holes and how even unlikely people can achieve something awesome


The secret of dark matter could be a particle the size of a planet

The secret of dark matter could be a particle the size of a planet

29 May 2019

Physicist Asimina Arvanitaki thinks big: enormous particles and a gigantic, dark-matter beacon – and knows how we might find them


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The evolution of Archaeopteryx is stranger than anyone imagined

29 May 2019

Winged Jurassic dinosaur Archaeopteryx was more than just an early ancestor of birds – fossils reveal it was an evolutionary wonder akin to Darwin's finches


Don't miss: X-Men antics, hunting dark matter and taking on Glorkon

Don't miss: X-Men antics, hunting dark matter and taking on Glorkon

29 May 2019

Watch as X-Men's Jean Grey turns supermutant, visit a dark matter show that wrestles with reality and play a comedy-action game against dog-destroyer Glorkon


Ocean Outbreak

The mysterious diseases killing starfish, sea fans and shellfish

29 May 2019

Ocean Outbreak unveils the little-known diseases wreaking havoc in the seas and the book does a first-rate job of inspiring readers at the same time


From the archives: Floating charge curtains to heal the ozone layer

From the archives: Floating charge curtains to heal the ozone layer

29 May 2019

25 years ago the ban on ozone-killing CFCs had only just come into force – and we reported on an unusual plan to speed the polar ozone hole’s recovery


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Singapore's ban on fake news sets a dangerous precedent

29 May 2019

As tempting as it sounds, Singapore's initiative to curb online misinformation could stop public-interest journalism and stifle academic discourse, says Donna Lu


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