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Alive and kicking • Unexpected hints of dark matter show particle physics is far from dead

News • Directly observing dark matter could reveal some of the universe's biggest secrets. The first particle may have been spotted, but it's not an overriding victory just yet, finds Leah Crane

Views Columnist • Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer's? As a human trial is about to start, Alice Klein looks into the benefits and downsides of the metal

Views Columnist • Is time dilation real? Einstein thought so, but he also thought it is an apparent phenomenon related to our perception. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan looks at why he was right both times

Views Aperture • Hodder Press

Views Book of the week • The stories we tell about the Vikings often say more about us than them. A fascinating book tries to show the Norse as they were

Views Culture • As Star Trek celebrates its 60th birthday, how can newcomers bond with its sprawling universe? Bethan Ackerley seeks help from three of New Scientist’s crew

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Inside the vacuum • Quantum theory says a vacuum isn't truly empty. Probing it with powerful lasers could finally expose its hidden structure

The great escape • As golden oyster mushrooms are declared a high-risk invasive species in the UK, mycologist Joni Wildman looks at whether hobbyist home-grow kits are seeding a biodiversity crisis

Interview • Particle collisions are inherently quantum, but much of that character is lost when we turn them into classical data. Particle physicist Sarah Alam Malik tells Thomas Lewton how preserving more of it could help us uncover new physics

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