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UN space database aimed at easing global tensions is mysteriously down

UN space database aimed at easing global tensions is mysteriously down

A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months

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Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year

Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year

Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming

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Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat's last theorem

Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat's last theorem

At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI

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The sneaky maths trick for solving problems without answering them

The sneaky maths trick for solving problems without answering them

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – but 100 years on, this trick is a common part of modern maths, says columnist Jacob Aron

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2026 eclipse: 5 citizen science projects you can contribute to

2026 eclipse: 5 citizen science projects you can contribute to

During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a professional scientist, you can still help the research

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Special relativity can warp chemical bonds – now we've seen it happen

Special relativity can warp chemical bonds – now we've seen it happen

An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity reshape the standard understanding of chemical bonds

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Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death

Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death

Perfusing donor human retinas with blood and oxygen meant they continued to respond to light for up to 10 hours after death, marking a significant step towards eye transplants that restore vision

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Mathematics of thermodynamics is being rewritten after 200 years

Mathematics of thermodynamics is being rewritten after 200 years

The laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which already helps us understand quantum fields

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Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs

Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs

Egg cells missing a key protein may be more likely to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes, but an mRNA injection that helps the cells make the protein reduces the problem

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A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right

A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right

Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a feature of nervous systems that we see in our own right- and left-handedness

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