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Fusion reactors could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:29 +0100

Concern over the risks of enabling nuclear weapons development is usually focused on nuclear fission reactors, but the potential harm from more advanced fusion reactors has been underappreciated

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What are fractals and how can they help us understand the world?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 21 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Fractals are common in nature because of the surprisingly simple way they are made. Mathematically, they also help us make sense of complexity and chaos – and maybe even quantum weirdness

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Hybrid design could make nuclear fusion reactors more efficient

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:19:26 +0100

Two types of fusion reactor called tokamaks and stellarators both have drawbacks – but a new design combining parts from both could offer the best of both worlds

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Why ‘sling action’ bowling deceives so many batters in cricket

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:09:26 +0100

Experiments in a wind tunnel have revealed why the sling action bowling technique made famous by Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga is so effective at hoodwinking whoever is batting

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Cause and effect may not actually be muddled in the quantum realm

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:00:06 +0100

The direction of cause and effect was brought into question for quantum objects more than a decade ago, but new calculations may offer a way to restore it

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Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:00:35 +0000

The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust, which blocked out sunlight and lingered for 15 years

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Bacteria could help turn CO2 to rock under extreme conditions

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:57:50 +0000

Microbes that rapidly convert CO2 to rock could lock away the greenhouse gas in deep underground storage sites, such as depleted oil and gas reservoirs

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Huge crater in India hints at major meteorite impact 4000 years ago

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:00:18 +0000

The Luna structure, a 1.8-kilometre-wide depression in north-west India, may have been caused by the largest meteorite to strike Earth in the past 50,000 years

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New Scientist recommends Twisters – action sequel with added tornadoes

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0100

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

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The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health impacts

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Most ingredients touted as the key to better health fail to live up to the hype but fibre bucks this trend, with benefits for the whole body, not just the gut

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The science of exercise: Which activity burns the most calories?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Running, swimming, HIIT or walking – what is the best way to work out? The answer is complicated, and depends on the person, finds Grace Wade

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Natural fibres in wet wipes may actually be worse for soil and animals

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:49:04 +0000

Fibres in wet wipes and clothes often make their way into soil - and natural versions could be more damaging than synthetic ones

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Easter Island's legendary societal collapse didn't actually happen

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:00:42 +0100

Historians have claimed the people of Easter Island overexploited natural resources, causing a population crash, but new evidence suggests they lived sustainably for centuries

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Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:00:43 +0100

Wooden sticks found in an Australian cave appear to match the accounts of a 19th-century anthropologist, suggesting the GurnaiKurnai people practised the same ritual at the end of the last glacial period

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Ancient plant artefact reveals humanity's epic journey to Australia

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:01:07 +0100

We know that modern humans took one of two routes to first reach Australia, and now an ancient chunk of plant resin has tipped the evidence towards the northern option

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:45:16 +0100

In the opening to Rachel Kushner's Booker-shortlisted novel Creation Lake, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet undercover operative Sadie Smith as she secretly reads the emails of an eco-activist group

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Olivia Newton-John, Singer and Actress, Dies at 73

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Olivia Newton-John, Singer and Actress, Dies at 73
Category: Health News
Created: 8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Neighborhood Factors Could Raise Your Child's Odds for Asthma

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Neighborhood Factors Could Raise Your Child's Odds for Asthma
Category: Health News
Created: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM

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