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The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

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The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the data, and this has left us with a lack of understanding about a range of conditions

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Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway

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Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

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Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

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Mining the Arctic's precious resources is a fool's errand

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Quantum computer circuitry illustration. Conventional computers store information as 'bits', with each transistor holding either a 1 or a 0. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which operate according to two principles of quantum physics. One of the principles, supposition, allows a qubit to store a 1 and a 0 at the same time. This means two qubits can hold four values at once. The second principle, entanglement, means that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another. As you expand the number of qubits, the machine becomes exponentially more powerful.

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Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power and provocation

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What politicians so often get wrong about science

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It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap

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The Ozempic era is only just beginning

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Should governments really be using AI to remake the state?

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Understanding conscious experience isn’t beyond the realm of science

For a long time objective measurement of subjective experience was considered impossible, but it is finally becoming a reality, promising a boost for health care and much more

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Health scares for a new generation must be tackled with solid science

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How to think about the most contentious ideas in science

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The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything

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Why AI firms should follow the example of quantum computing research

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