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Latest from New Scientist
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- AI confirms a long-suspected limit on quantum computers’ advantages
- A robot has assembled a structure in space for the first time
- Economics, not climate summits, will dictate the net-zero transition
- Pink noise played during sleep shows promise for Alzheimer’s memory loss
- A little-known immune condition is being mistaken for food allergies
- How Nvidia became so crucial to the AI boom
- Vast data dump from Euclid space telescope reveals stunning galaxies
- UK military taps up astronomers to spot snooping foreign satellites
- Some PFAS chemicals are declining in English rivers but others are appearing
- Blood-thinning drug limits cartilage damage and relieves osteoarthritis pain
- Are we outsourcing our thinking to AI – and how much should we worry?
- Extraordinary image of bioluminescent plankton captured by photographer
- Killer Bigfoot evidence rejected by Bigfoot’s biggest fans
- Who will step up to preserve space age artefacts for future generations?
- Why does music evoke emotion, and do people from other cultures feel the same way?
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Where it sits in Science & Environment
- #35 Scientific American67.5
- #36 SpaceNews67.5
- #37 New Scientist67
- #38 Science Daily59.5
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