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Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

The Omo-Turkana basin in Africa is home to a treasure trove of ancient human fossils and tools that span 300,000 years – today it is still yielding new discoveries about our species

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Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

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Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

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UNITED STATES - MAY 9: An inverted image of the U.S. Capitol is reflected in puddle on the East Front on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality

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Physics

The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law

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Space

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

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Tough choices lie ahead when it comes to climate change adaptation

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Tough choices lie ahead when it comes to climate change adaptation

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CMB-S4 will use telescopes installed at the South Pole to measure variations in the temperature and polarization of microwave light across most of the sky to probe for ripples in space-time. Shown here is the South Pole Telescope. Photo: Brad Benson, University of Chicago, Fermilab

Space

The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

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Earth (focus on Europe) represented by little dots, binary code and lines - big data, global business, cryptocurrency 3D render

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Owning our own data is the only way to stop enshittifcation

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Mathematics

Why zero is the most important number in all of mathematics

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A view down

Society

Could a self-monitoring system for criminals replace prisons one day?

Future Chronicles is our regular speculative look at inventions yet to come. In this latest installment, we journey to 2050, when technology had been developed so that criminals could be monitored at home. It led to a drop in crime, writes Rowan Hooper

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Environment

Billionaires must not be allowed to geoengineer the planet

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Mind

Horror fans aren't cold and unfeeling – just listen to the science

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Mind

How to nurture infant microbiomes for a lifetime of good mental health

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Environment

Are biofuels a good idea? Only if you're a farmer or shipping company

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