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Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

There are untold legions of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in your mouth. It now seems we can stave off conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer by keeping them in a healthy balance

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Mind

Read New Scientist’s five best long reads of 2023 for free

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Space

Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Do animals dream and if so, what about?

Life

Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Humans

Test your brain with this fiendish set of museum-themed puzzles

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

Environment

The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Captain Edward Kean stands on his boat in front of an iceberg in Bonavista Bay on June 29, 2019 in Newfoundland, Canada. - Iceberg water, considered pure, is now marketing for a unique sector of high-end products. "We are trying to target the niche market for healthy foods and products," says former fisherman Edward Kean, an iceberg hunter. For 20 years, he has been cruising the North Atlantic aboard his fishing boat to retrieve chunks of ice to melt and sell the water to local traders. Customers include manufacturers of vodka, cider, liquor, beer, cosmetics, but also companies that bottle water. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Arctic cowboys: Meet the people wrangling icebergs for drinking water

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Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

Physics

Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

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The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction

Technology

The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction

How will the rise of artificial intelligence ultimately pan out for society? We sketch the most likely outcomes, including a world where AIs solve all our problems and another in which they wipe us out

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Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

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Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

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Earth

The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

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15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

Mind

15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

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Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) crawling at Buffalo Zoo, USA. Captivity.

Life

Why are there no flightless bats? We're closing in on an answer

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