Physics
Why this is a golden age for life to thrive across the universe
Almost all the stars that will ever exist have already been born, and they have been around long enough for life to evolve on planets that orbit them
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Life
Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics
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Environment
To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it
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Space
‘This century is special’: Martin Rees on the vast span of time
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Physics
The laws of physics were broken in 2023 – by sperm
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Life
Life may be less chaotic than we thought, say physicists
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Space
Our hunt for alien life needs solid guidelines for clear-cut success
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Space
How excited should we be by signs of life spotted on alien worlds?
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Life
How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all
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Earth
Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms
If humans still exist millions of years from now, they will face inhospitably warm conditions on a supercontinent centred at the equator. Most land mammals won't be able to survive
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Chemistry
Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped complex life evolve
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Space
Essential molecule for life spotted floating in space for first time
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Physics
Stephen Hawking’s final theorem turns time and causality inside out
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Humans
Next Exit film review: New tale of the afterlife takes a wrong turn
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