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    Jun 11

    The New Scientist Photography Awards 2021 are now open! We're looking for the best images from science and technology and the world around us. Submit your best photograph for a chance of winning a £1000 prize and coverage in New Scientist

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    Solar sail spacecraft could be used to intercept interstellar objects

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  3. 31 minutes ago

    How should we navigate covid-19 risk as we emerge from lockdown? There are no easy answers, but by understanding the pitfalls in the way numbers are often presented to us, we can go some way to easing the mental burden

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Richard Lewontin, the geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose research showed that humans from different ethnic backgrounds aren’t as genetically different as appearances might suggest, has died at the age of 92

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  5. 2 hours ago

    Covid-19 news: • Growing concern from scientists advising government over planned easing of rules in England • Hospitals in Indonesia running out of oxygen amid surging infections • Bangladesh extends coronavirus lockdown to 14 July as cases rise

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  6. 3 hours ago

    Countries that have successfully kept covid-19 at bay through elimination strategies are losing control through a combination of new variants, a lapse in vigilance and low vaccine uptake

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  7. 3 hours ago

    Some conservationists are trying help wild animals adapt to changing environments by manipulating behaviours like hunting, foraging, mating and migration

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  8. 4 hours ago

    China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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  9. 4 hours ago

    “We decided we just had to get on with it, spending money we did not yet have. It would be an understatement to say things escalated fast. Sarah Gilbert, Teresa Lambe and Catherine Green explain how they made the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine

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  10. 5 hours ago

    Mindfulness is hailed as a treatment for a vast array of problems and the apps are now hugely popular. But do the claims about its benefits stack up?

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  11. 6 hours ago

    Fish covered in tooth-like armour could help reveal how teeth evolved

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  12. 6 hours ago

    Gaslighting warps our view of reality. How to spot it – and fight back

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  13. 7 hours ago

    Becky Chambers is at the forefront of a new wave of optimistic sci-fi. Her latest, the novella A Psalm for the Wild-Built, is a joyful experience, says

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  14. 7 hours ago

    Male seahorses can get pregnant because they lack key immunity genes

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  15. 8 hours ago

    An update to the ubiquitous JPEG image format used across the internet will bring global bandwidth savings of 30 per cent, according to the creators of the new technology

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  16. 8 hours ago

    Some areas of the US with low vaccination rates are starting to see surges in covid-19 as the delta variant spreads, particularly in the South, Southwest and parts of the Midwest.

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  17. 8 hours ago

    Hospitals in Indonesia are running out of medical oxygen amid a surge in covid-19 cases, with one hospital reporting 63 deaths due to oxygen shortages.

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  18. 8 hours ago

    Iran is reimposing restrictions on major cities as the delta variant fuels a new wave of covid-19. Reports of new cases have nearly doubled from mid-June to early July, with less than 2 per cent of the population fully vaccinated.

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  19. 8 hours ago

    Today’s headlines: UK prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm today that most remaining restrictions will be lifted in England on 19 July, despite cases having risen to their highest level since January.

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  20. 9 hours ago

    First farmers in the Atacama Desert had a history of brutal violence

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  21. 9 hours ago

    Planets in close orbit around stars may be safe from dangerous flares

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