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Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

Technology

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes Annalee Newitz

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EJ532Y The 11/19 pit and twin slag heaps in Lens (France) or residues left over from the coal extraction process.

Earth

We've found that a new type of rock is forming from old slag heaps

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The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope?s reveals a portion of the Milky Way?s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features. A large region of ionized hydrogen, shown in cyan, contains intriguing needle-like structures that lack any uniform orientation. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and S. Crowe (University of Virginia).

Space

The cosmos is vast, so how do we measure it?

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A pink robot with heart eyes

Technology

Why falling in love with an AI isn’t laughable, it’s inevitable

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Humans

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

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EHNFPG Woman use an oestrogen patch for a Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), in order to releive the undesirable effects of menopause.

Health

Could hormone implants allow us to boost focus, endurance and libido?

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A woman lying awake in bed

Mind

What sleep scientists recommend doing to fall asleep more easily

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The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

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Health

To understand sunburn, you need to know how UV provokes inflammation

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Life

The surprising silver lining to the recent boom in invertebrate pets

From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity – but there is an upside, says Graham Lawton

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Space

Why you should join a watch party for the first Vera C. Rubin images

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Physics

Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

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Space

Trump's proposed science cuts will have huge consequences

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Mathematics

The bizarre story of a maths proof that is only true in Japan

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