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A new weight loss drug could be used to prevent obesity. Will it work?
A drug called semaglutide has seen incredible results in trials to help people lose weight and might herald a new approach to treating chronic obesity - if it can overcome the challenges
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How to date in the metaverse
As details emerge about what online dating will involve for the next generation, Feedback also ponders how a solar eclipse can be unplanned, and a new ‘woke’ version of the T. rex
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It worked with cigarettes. Let's ban ads for climate-wrecking products
Outlawing adverts that push high-carbon products such as SUVs would be a simple win for regulators looking to take climate action, says Andrew Simms
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The Premonitions Bureau review: A 1960s hunt for paranormal powers
A terrific book by Sam Knight about a bizarre, real-life attempt to collect people's premonitions is beautifully written, but goes too easy on the pseudoscience
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How to make sure your houseplants are sustainable
The rise in demand for exotic houseplants is damaging the environment. We need to make sure our gardening is green, writes Beronda L. Montgomery
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Swapping fifth of meat for microbial protein could halve deforestation
Even a modest shift from ruminant meat to microbial proteins could cut deforestation and carbon emissions 56 per cent by 2050
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Swapping fifth of meat for alternative foods could halve deforestation
Even a modest shift from ruminant meat to microbial proteins could cut deforestation and carbon emissions 56 per cent by 2050
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How repealing Roe v Wade in the US will lead to more women’s deaths
A large body of evidence shows that restricting access to abortion doesn’t reduce the number of abortions, only increases the risk of death for those who need them
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Send thousands of people to orbit, says space tourist Jared Isaacman
Billionaire who recently flew to orbit says that we should have big ambitions for the near future of space travel
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What are the mysterious continent-sized lumps deep inside Earth?
For decades, planetary scientists have been trying to understand the origins of two colossal geological anomalies inside our planet. New insights suggest they could be leftovers from a cosmic collision
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Obesity drug achieves average weight loss of 24 kg in clinical trial
People who had weekly injections of a drug that mimics natural appetite-suppressing hormones lost 22.5 per cent of their body weight on average
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Male manakin birds with acrobatic mating dances evolved smaller bodies
Some manakin males court females with elaborate aerial routines – and in these species, males have evolved to be more lightweight for extra agility
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A single genetic mutation made humans more susceptible to cancer
Since we split from chimpanzees, a single letter change in our DNA appears to have made us more likely to get cancer, possibly as a trade-off for extra fertility
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AIs could be hacked with undetectable backdoors to make bad decisions
The AI algorithms used in business are often built by third-party companies, which means it is theoretically possible for rogue workers at the firms to insert undetectable backdoors into the AI
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Covid-19 news: Cognitive impairment equivalent to 20 years of ageing
A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
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VR could use a muscle-stimulating device that forces your head to turn
A device that uses electrodes to stimulate points on the neck can force a wearer to turn their head – which could be used to direct attention in virtual reality environments
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Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back
A fossilised leg bone found in Japan belonged to a prehistoric swan species with adaptations similar to several other water birds, including a duck-like bill and the feet of a loon
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Planet-sized telescopes could be possible using quantum technique
Huge networks of interconnected telescopes may run into image-sharpening problems that classical physics can't handle. Accounting for the quantum properties of starlight could allow astronomers to get past these constraints
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Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave
A study of more than 200 square kilometres of reefs in the Hawaiian islands found that those further from pollution and coastal developments held up better after a 2019 marine heatwave
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Raspberries are a battleground between flies, yeast and fungi
A species of fly works together with a yeast to combat a raspberry-bound fungus that threatens the insects' larvae
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