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Is the black hole in the centre of our universe actually a massive clump of dark matter? ⚫️

Researchers say Sagittarius A* is just the right size that it could defy everything we think we know about it

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Did cloud-seeding just cause snow in Utah? ❄️

A new technique is getting big results in the US. Could it help save us from worldwide “water bankruptcy”

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@PennySarchet, @timothyrevell and the team on:

🌧️Can cloud-seeding fix the global water crisis?
😢Why some people get stuck in grief
⚫️Is our black hole actually a clump of dark matter?

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@rowhoop, @PennySarchet and the team on:

🌊How ancient humans crossed the vast ocean
🧠Brain training for dementia
🔭Life of science legend Maggie Aderin

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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨

@rowhoop, @PennySarchet and the team on:

🛰️@elonmusk's plans to launch 1 million satellites
💊Should we be giving sleep drugs to kids?
🪲Why global pesticide risk is not improving

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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨

@rowhoop, @PennySarchet and the team on:

🧠Mini human brain grows blood vessels
✈️The geoengineering risk of termination shock
🔍Trove of ancient fossils discovered

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@rowhoop, @abbybeall and the team on the 5 worst ideas of the 21st century:

📱Social media
🪙Bitcoin
🌳Carbon off-sets
🙏Effective altruism
⛽️Biofuels

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Human-plant hybrid cells are being used to answer the mystery of “dark DNA” 🧬

A new experiment supports the claim that only about 10 per cent of our DNA is useful…the rest is just rubbish

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Why does America really want Greenland? The list is long…

President Trump says it's moved from an issue of economic security, to one of national security....

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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨

@rowhoop, @PennySarchet and the team on:

🇬🇱 Why does America want Greenland?
🧬 Mystery of dark DNA
💉 Ozempic weight rebound

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The first phase 3 trials of LSD are taking place this year.

The psychedelic drug is being tested for its ability to reduce anxiety.

Findings from a smart new trial on 200 people are due to be published in 2026

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2026 may well go down as the year that kick-started our spread off planet 🚀

NASA’s heading to the moon, SpaceX is heading to Mars - and a new American space station is on the way

2026 promises to be an exciting year for space exploration

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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨

@rowhoop, @PennySarchet and the team on:

🌑Humans are finally heading back to the moon
💉Cheaper weight loss drugs are coming
💊Milestone for LSD trials
🌳Promise of new carbon tax

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Need a great book for this festive period? Check out The Last Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak.

This book about the uncovering of "Thorin", comes highly recommended by New Scientist’s Culture Editor @alisonflood

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Andor is the TV series you need this Christmas 🎄

This Star Wars spin-off is a top choice from New Scientist’s TV and film reviewer @inkerley

Despite its links to the sci-fi franchise, @rowhoop says it’s “grown-up TV”

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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨

@rowhoop and the team cover the best science TV, film and books of 2025, including:

📺TV
Andor Season 2
My Husband the Cyborg

📚Books
Every Version of You by Grace Chan
Positive Tipping Points by Tim Lenton

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Humans very nearly failed to conquer the world - mysteriously vanishing 43,000 years ago.

@PennySarchet explores the fasinating history of the LRJ people - who left no genetic trace in our history

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We’ve been getting autism in girls wrong for decades.

On this week's #podcast, @catdl explains why so many autistic girls get to the age of 18 without a diagnosis...

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The world, the universe and us is LIVE 🚨

@PennySarchet and the team on the top science stories of 2025:

🧠We’ve got autism in girls all wrong
⌛️Longevity with Bryan Johnson
▪️A new quantum vision of reality
🦴The ancient humans that vanished
➕And more

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The interstellar object #3IATLAS may be even weirder than we thought.

No - it’s not an alien spacecraft 🛸

But it does seem to be home to surprising amounts of chemicals like carbon dioxide and methanol - essential ingredients for life

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