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We may already have a long covid drug test group

23 March 2022


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Sea level threat is undoubtedly real (1)

23 March 2022


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Bulge science may change, but old difficulties remain (2)

23 March 2022


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Bulge science may change, but old difficulties remain (1)

23 March 2022


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Fire of Love review: An intimate account of life, death and lava

23 March 2022

A new documentary reveals the lives of Katia and Maurice Krafft, trail-blazing volcanologists who paid the ultimate price


Don't miss: A philosopher's take on what plants understand about life

Don't miss: A philosopher's take on what plants understand about life

23 March 2022

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


Dreamachine preview: A drug-free hallucinogenic trip

Dreamachine preview: A drug-free hallucinogenic trip

23 March 2022

A mind-bending light and sound extravaganza is coming to a town near you, and it could help unravel the mysteries of the brain


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Bug Out review: A $50,000 insect heist gets the Tiger King treatment

23 March 2022

A true-crime series on IMDb TV takes a slightly too po-faced look into a theft from an invertebrate zoo where things weren't quite as they seemed


Vibrant rainbow-hued wrasse is officially named a new species

Vibrant rainbow-hued wrasse is officially named a new species

23 March 2022

The newly described rose-veiled fairy wrasse is among the greatest living embodiments of a rainbow seen in nature, as this colourful image shows


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Russian tanks are devastating an idyllic Ukrainian wetland wilderness

23 March 2022

The invasion of Ukraine is first and foremost a humanitarian catastrophe, but the environmental consequences of Putin's war will also be dire, writes Graham Lawton


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