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Puzzle #104: Can you figure out how the football season turned out?

10 March 2021

Can you solve this week’s tricky puzzle, Soccerdoku? Plus the answer to puzzle #103


How to make fabulous pizza using slow science

How to make fabulous pizza using slow science

10 March 2021

One top trick to making great pizza at home means starting up to five days before you eat it. It’s all down to the science of fermentation, says Sam Wong


Cold-water swimming: What are the real risks and health benefits?

Cold-water swimming: What are the real risks and health benefits?

10 March 2021

Social media is awash with people claiming that regular cold dips have transformed their health and well-being. We investigate whether it is actually good for you


Why Outer Wilds is a space-exploration game that’s worth dying in

Why Outer Wilds is a space-exploration game that’s worth dying in

10 March 2021

Floating in space watching your ship speed away rivals moments in Gravity or Interstellar – and it’s one of the things that makes Outer Wilds among the best games ever made, says Jacob Aron


Don’t Miss: An Impossible Project on the shock return of analogue tech

Don’t Miss: An Impossible Project on the shock return of analogue tech

10 March 2021

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss


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Indian stone tool may be earliest evidence of humans outside Africa

9 March 2021

What looks like a stone tool has been pulled from sediments in India that have been dated to 2.6 million years ago, suggesting an early exit from Africa – if the evidence stands up


People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

4 March 2021

Analysis of ancient DNA shows that a genetic variant that increases susceptibility to tuberculosis has drastically decreased in Europe since the Bronze Age


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