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The entrance of the Alfred Nobel Museum in Stockholm

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A Nobel for the physics that ushered in quantum computing

Tunnelling between microscopic and macroscopic worlds

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Dog in a spacesuit enters a spaceships with tennis balls floating all around.

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AI video: more than just “slop”

The next big thing in AI may be pictures, not words

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A Nobel prize in physiology for immune tolerance

The search to understand how the body keeps immunity in check

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A large chocolate bar with a bite taken out. A small person is peaking out from behind

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Is dark chocolate actually healthy?

We assess whether that tempting idea is too good to be true

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The Ignis-Fatuus, or Will-o'-the-Wisp', 1849. Detail from an engraving by Josiah Wood Whymper

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A portent of death may have helped create life

Marsh spirits seem to be created by a miniature version of lightning

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White egrets flock around fishing boats, Lake Victoria

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Restocking an African lake may ameliorate a debilitating plague

Catfish eat the snails in which the parasite lives

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Human SCNT oocyte with visible spindle (bright spot inside) before fertilization

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A new technique can turn a woman’s skin cells into eggs

But improved fertility treatment is still far away

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Handlers from Airship Management Services race toward a Skyship 600 blimp

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Armed forces are using 18th-century technology to spy on enemies

High-altitude balloons are surprisingly useful in modern conflicts

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An illustration of Boticelli's Venus wearing a red light mark with flowers around her.

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Are red-light face masks worth the hype?

Used properly, the right ones can help combat the signs of ageing

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A Nobel Prize medal on display at the hospital in Brooklyn.

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People are using big data to try to predict Nobel laureates

Come back next month to see if they were right

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MRI scan of brain in Huntington's disease

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A clever genetic technique may treat a horrible brain condition

It stops the toxic protein that causes it from forming

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South Korea's Song Sera and Ukraine's Vlada Kharkova compete in the women's epee

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In some sports, left-handed athletes seem to have an innate advantage

It is more than just their novelty factor

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