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What is chemistry? - New Scientist
Sitting between biology and physics, the field of chemistry is sometimes called the central science.This branch of science deals not with the most basic elements of reality, such as …
What is consciousness? - New Scientist
Consciousness is, for each of us, all there is: the world, the self, everything. But consciousness is also subjective and difficult to define.
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From the earliest stone tools to the latest advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchains and virtual reality, technology has continuously transformed our lives.
Alan Turing | The father of modern computer science - New Scientist
Key facts. Full name: Alan Mathison Turing. Birth: 23 June 1912, Maida Vale, London. Death: 7 June 1954, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Often considered the father of modern computer science, …
What is gravity? - New Scientist
An apple falls from a tree. A planet orbits its sun. You labour your bicycle up a hill, and accelerate smoothly down the other side. All those things are down to gravity, working exactly as Isaac ...
Causality - New Scientist
Modern science presents a number of challenges to this naive view of causality. Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity, for example, abandon the idea of a single line of time ...
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What is inertia? - New Scientist
Inertia is not just a general law applicable only to objects with no forces acting upon them – which are physically implausible – but also a property of any object or body, in motion or at rest.
What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?
Apr 4, 2024 · What can we do to stop Disease X? There is some good news: the covid-19 pandemic may have made it easier to stop any future Disease X. Covid-19 spurred the …