there, a lot has happened in the past month, including The hunt is on to learn why bowel cancer in young people is rising and Orca seen hunting great white shark in first recorded solo kill.

Catch up on the latest breakthroughs and science news below.

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Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

Existing quantum computers can solve some problems faster than any ordinary computer, but none of those problems has any practical use. Google and XPRIZE hope to change that. Read more

Mathematics

These 7 mathematical facts will blow your mind

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Health

Walking 10,000 steps a day really does seem to make us healthier

The much-touted advice to take 10,000 steps a day for our health has been accused of lacking evidence, but new research suggests that hitting this target has serious benefits. Read more

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Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more potent than Ozempic

The results, of 13 per cent weight loss after three months, need to be confirmed by larger and longer studies, but are seen as promising. Read more

Physics

UK spurns European invitation to join ITER nuclear fusion project

Since Brexit, the UK no longer has access to ITER, the world's largest nuclear fusion experiment, through the European Union. After an invitation to rejoin this week, the UK government has confirmed it prefers to go it alone. Read more

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

With a new Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mars-set romance from Natasha Pulley and a high-concept thriller from Stuart Turton due to hit shelves, there is plenty of great new science fiction to be reading in March. Read more

Life

Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

Five elephant calves have been found buried in drainage ditches on tea-growing estates in India in a rare example of burial behaviour in non-human animals. Read more