Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies ...

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Dive into the opening of The Selfish Gene's first chapter 'Why are people?', the New Scientist Book Club’s read for June to mark 50 years since the popular science classic was first published ...

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Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild ...

A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, ...

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