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The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Geologists surprisingly declined to formally declare a new epoch, but proponents of the Anthropocene will continue to highlight humanity’s impact on the planet
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Elon Musk's brain-implant firm Neuralink did its first tests in 2024

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Neuralink’s first two human trials grabbed headlines this year, but it still isn’t clear how the firm’s technology compares with other brain-computer interfaces
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2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Three people in the US received a genetically modified pig kidney in 2024, marking another step towards animal-to-human organ transplants becoming routine
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The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades
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The wild physics that could actually be used to build a time machine

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
From warp drives to quantum tricks, here are five ways that physicists have figured out how to theoretically travel back in time
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The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
From repeat lightning strikes to identical lottery draws, mathematician Sarah Hart explains why incredibly unlikely events happen all the time
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Can psychology help avoid festive arguments?

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
As families gather for festive time together, tensions can rise. David Robson delves into the science to find the best technique to stop arguments getting the better of us
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From enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives
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How a plan to make the world's largest snowflake was humbled by nature

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
We assembled a crack team to create a record-breaking snowflake. Along the way, we learned just how impressive the natural kind really are
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Dazzling auroras lit up the skies in 2024 and we may see more in 2025

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, came strangely far south this year and there may be more of the same while the sun is experiencing a solar maximum
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See the world in close-up in these intricate images of nature

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
For a truly exquisite glimpse of plants and animals, check out some of the top entries and the winner of the 2024 Evident Image of the Year contest
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Survival of the wittiest: Could wordplay have boosted human evolution?

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Evidence for the origins of complex language can be found in creative two-word insults such as busy-body and kill-joy
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High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
The discovery of ancient cities in Asia and the Americas point to earlier bouts of social and climatic upheavals. The good news is that humanity survived, says Annalee Newitz
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The shine began to wear off AI in 2024 as advances slowed down

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
AI made incredible progress in 2023, but with a less-impressive pace of development this year, it may be that existing techniques are reaching their limits
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Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time we fast forward to the 2050s, when people gain the ability to hibernate and use it for far more than escaping the winter blues
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After another dire year for the environment, here's to better times

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Red lights continued to flash on the climate dashboard as many aspects of the natural world declined in 2024, although there were a few green shoots of hope to cling to, says Graham Lawton
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Science can be our trusty shield in a time of deepening crises

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Events across the globe have conspired to create a sense of chaos, but many fields of research can help us make sense of the world, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Missile detectors and a Santa tracker? It's a festive mystery

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Feedback, feeling somewhat Grinch-like, digs into the knotty history of NORAD Tracks Santa, in which the North American Aerospace Defense Command shows its cuddly side
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Climate chaos accelerated in 2024 as we hit 1.5°C for the first time

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
2024 was another year of record-breaking heat and extreme weather, including devastating floods, storms and wildfires across the globe
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To fix the world's problems, we need both optimism and pessimism

New Scientist Feed - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Solving challenges like climate change not only requires ambitious targets, but also an honest appraisal of uncertainty and possible failure
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