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An exquisitely preserved fossil found in China shows that many anatomical features seen in birds also evolved independently ...

In cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start ...

As New Scientist celebrates its 70th anniversary, climate change, AI and misinformation have heightened the need for rigorous ...

Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve ...

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The phrase “survival of the fittest” is so closely associated with Darwinism that many people assume Charles Darwin himself wrote it. He didn’t – it was foisted on him by a contemporary, Herbert ...

When scientists were asked to review papers for a conference without using AI tools, many of them ignored the request and ...