Can’t survive without your phone? You could be suffering from nomophobia
Our smartphones are fast becoming extensions of ourselves. So what happens when we’re separated from them?
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Scientists criticise new “open access” journal which limits research-sharing with copyright
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Particle accelerator experiment begins search for evidence that we live in a hologram
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City living is making spiders bigger, study finds
According to new research, city-dwelling spiders are larger and more fertile than their rural-dwelling relatives.
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