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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:10:58 +0000 |
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The latest AI model from OpenAI achieved an “impressive leap in performance” but it still hasn’t demonstrated what experts classify as human-level intelligence
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:00:42 +0000 |
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There is more research than ever focused on reflecting sunlight away from the planet to cool the climate – but there are still far more questions than answers about the effects
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:25:42 +0000 |
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A US ban on the video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect in early 2025 – but the country's Supreme Court and President-elect Donald Trump could still change that
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:00:36 +0000 |
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An experiment showing that quantum and classical communication can be carried out through the same fibre at the same time may open the door to building a quantum internet with existing infrastructure
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:00:57 +0000 |
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A new type of norovirus is causing a very high number of cases in countries like England, just as a large trial of an mRNA vaccine is starting up
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:00:16 +0000 |
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The Ingenuity autonomous helicopter surpassed all expectations to fly dozens of missions over several years on the Red Planet, only stopping this year when an accident damaged one of its rotors
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:55 +0000 |
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Hundreds of community websites run for fans of everything from cycling to Sunderland AFC may be forced to shut down by the UK's Online Safety Act, which is designed to protect children from harmful content
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:20 +0000 |
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A newly described species of giant pitcher plant is one of the biggest ever found, with leaves covered in fur the same colour as orangutans
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:36 +0000 |
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Blazing the Trail, a new podcast from the Australian Museum, delves into topics from how language evolved to the implications of harnessing fire
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:57 +0000 |
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We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. Martin and Ursula K. Le Guin, here are the results
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:01:24 +0000 |
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Recent findings show that Stonehenge’s stones came from all over Britain – and this offers clues to the monument’s purpose, say archaeologists
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Featuring everything from eggnog to uranium oxide, these 12 brain-twisting conundrums will get you in the festive spirit and test your scientific knowledge
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:00:28 +0000 |
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Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies from different countries and identify their constituent aromas
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Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 |
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Around 3000 years ago, several empires and kingdoms in the Mediterranean collapsed, with a group of sea-faring warriors implicated as the culprit. But new evidence shows that many of our ideas about this turbulent time need completely rethinking
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:00:27 +0000 |
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Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and scientists found a way to protect frogs from deadly infections
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:00:34 +0000 |
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A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advantage of rising CO2 levels can boost their growth by around a fifth
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:05:02 +0000 |
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Advances in artificial intelligence mean that machines can now perform certain diagnostic tasks with far better accuracy than human doctors - but the picture is more complicated than you might think
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Choosing presents at Christmas can be a bewildering task. Brain studies are revealing the surprising truth about which toys support cognitive development in kids
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:03 +0000 |
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Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot to mimic them, has revealed how do the perfect dive-bomb using a Maori technique called the Manu
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:00:39 +0000 |
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This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning shots of faraway stars and galaxies to images of the skies taken from here on planet Earth
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:54 +0000 |
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From a fish with a tiny brain to the world’s oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this year. Challenge yourself and see what you can remember in this fiendish set of questions from our quizmaster Bethan Ackerley
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:58 +0000 |
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Small robots directed by magnetic fields can cooperatively lift heavy objects, form floating rafts and push through clogs. They may one day deliver drugs within the human body
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:16 +0000 |
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Electronics made using diamond-based chips would have many advantages, but have been hard to make – a new technique involving sticky tape could change that
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:09 +0000 |
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Researchers have tried to work out how fast Australopithecus afarensis could run by creating a 3D digital robot of the ancient hominin
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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The Great British Bake Off's Josh Smalley explains how to bake the perfect freestanding gingerbread Christmas tree, complete with strong icing glue, windows and just the right biscuit texture
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:00:48 +0000 |
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Quantum computing hardware has been progressing rapidly in recent years – and quantum software is following
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Geologists surprisingly declined to formally declare a new epoch, but proponents of the Anthropocene will continue to highlight humanity’s impact on the planet
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 |
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Most people are too risk-averse when it comes to life's biggest choices. Learning how to overcome the cognitive biases at play can help you make better decisions - with no looking back
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Neuralink’s first two human trials grabbed headlines this year, but it still isn’t clear how the firm’s technology compares with other brain-computer interfaces
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Three people in the US received a genetically modified pig kidney in 2024, marking another step towards animal-to-human organ transplants becoming routine
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:54 +0000 |
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We challenge you to find the scientific terms in this monster of a puzzle – and we’re not even telling you exactly what they are
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:58 +0000 |
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Biological nanopore technology revolutionised DNA sequencing – now it has been adapted for analysing alcoholic drinks, providing a quick test for quality and safety
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:19:29 +0000 |
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The biodiversity, climate, health, water and food crises need to be addressed together rather than regarded as separate issues, urges a major report
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:00:04 +0000 |
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An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting that a hidden population of lunar rocks is drifting in space
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:00:04 +0000 |
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Renewable energy continued to grow in 2024, and there were other hopeful developments in technologies aiming to reverse the rise in greenhouse gas emissions
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:00:27 +0000 |
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A review of chemical exposures across 38 countries finds common plastic products are linked to millions of cases of heart disease and thousands of strokes
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:38:57 +0000 |
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One of the biggest uncertainties in the ongoing AI revolution is whether these systems can legally be trained on copyrighted data. Now, the UK says it plans to clarify the matter with a change to the law
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:11 +0000 |
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The fossilised remains of an ancient carnivore provide intriguing hints about how early relatives of mammals began regulating their own body temperature
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:00:34 +0000 |
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A long-envisioned futuristic world of humanoid robots doing all the work has yet to arrive, but these startling images reveal some of the surprising ways that advanced robotics is becoming more ubiquitous in people's lives
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:00:33 +0000 |
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Eating disorders have increased - and many are pointing the finger at sites like Instagram and TikTok
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:00:11 +0000 |
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A cheap method for forming the tiny components of chips, such as transistors and diodes, harnesses simple fluid physics to make the electronics self-assembling
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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From warp drives to quantum tricks, here are five ways that physicists have figured out how to theoretically travel back in time
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:00:37 +0000 |
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The age of the rings that encircle Saturn is under dispute thanks to calculations that show they could have been formed billions – rather than millions – of years ago
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:07 +0000 |
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The past 12 months have seen animals of all shapes, sizes and colours strut their stuff – here are just a few of the best pictures from the year
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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From repeat lightning strikes to identical lottery draws, mathematician Sarah Hart explains why incredibly unlikely events happen all the time
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:55:28 +0000 |
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From not smoking to maintaining a healthy weight, there are many healthy habits that could help keep your brain young
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:00:02 +0000 |
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The past 12 months have been packed for the world’s wealthiest person as he has juggled Tesla, X, Neuralink, SpaceX and relations with Donald Trump – has it been a success?
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:01:13 +0000 |
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The Greater Mekong region of Asia hosts a wealth of rare and unstudied species – 173 new species of plants, 26 reptiles, 17 amphibians, 15 fish and three mammals were described last year. Here are six of them
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:01:21 +0000 |
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At least 37 men, women and children were brutally murdered in the largest massacre known in Bronze Age Britain, possibly in a performance of ritualistic violence
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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As families gather for festive time together, tensions can rise. David Robson delves into the science to find the best technique to stop arguments getting the better of us
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:00:11 +0000 |
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Geologists estimate Earth contains several trillion tonnes of natural hydrogen that could be used as a clean fuel, but a global search for large reserves hasn’t delivered so far
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:00:42 +0000 |
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Surging mpox cases in East, West and Central Africa prompted the World Health Organization to once again make the infection a global health emergency
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:03:05 +0000 |
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A fungus named Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is the closest relative of a widely cultivated psychedelic mushroom, giving clues to their evolutionary origins
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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We assembled a crack team to create a record-breaking snowflake. Along the way, we learned just how impressive the natural kind really are
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:11 +0000 |
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The ability to admit ignorance could be a sign of truly intelligent AI, and a new quiz of unsolved or perhaps even unsolvable questions aims to put this idea to the test
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Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 |
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Fossil evidence shows that humans have been practising cannibalism for a million years. Now, archaeologists are discovering that some of the time they did it to honour their dead
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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The northern lights, or aurora borealis, came strangely far south this year and there may be more of the same while the sun is experiencing a solar maximum
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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:00:28 +0000 |
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Many children in the US seem to be using a chatbot to help them with their work, despite the risks of errors and often in defiance of school rules
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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For a truly exquisite glimpse of plants and animals, check out some of the top entries and the winner of the 2024 Evident Image of the Year contest
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:00:47 +0000 |
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The US Navy has many tasks it wants quantum devices to tackle, from setting maintenance schedules to enabling nearly unhackable communication
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:00:15 +0000 |
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A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and we may be overdue one
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:00:11 +0000 |
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The oldest genomes ever recovered from modern humans have helped pin down when and how the momentous mingling of two hominins played out
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:26:59 +0000 |
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Large drones have been spotted flying over the US for weeks, and state and federal officials say they still have no idea who is behind the flights
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Evidence for the origins of complex language can be found in creative two-word insults such as busy-body and kill-joy
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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The discovery of ancient cities in Asia and the Americas point to earlier bouts of social and climatic upheavals. The good news is that humanity survived, says Annalee Newitz
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time we fast forward to the 2050s, when people gain the ability to hibernate and use it for far more than escaping the winter blues
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Red lights continued to flash on the climate dashboard as many aspects of the natural world declined in 2024, although there were a few green shoots of hope to cling to, says Graham Lawton
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Events across the globe have conspired to create a sense of chaos, but many fields of research can help us make sense of the world, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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AI made incredible progress in 2023, but with a less-impressive pace of development this year, it may be that existing techniques are reaching their limits
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:01:35 +0000 |
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La Niña conditions are expected to lead to a slightly cooler average global surface temperature in 2025, though it does not mean the planet as a whole has stopped warming
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Feedback, feeling somewhat Grinch-like, digs into the knotty history of NORAD Tracks Santa, in which the North American Aerospace Defense Command shows its cuddly side
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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2024 was another year of record-breaking heat and extreme weather, including devastating floods, storms and wildfires across the globe
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:30:11 +0000 |
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More and more people under 50 have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in different parts of the world over the past few decades
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:22:03 +0000 |
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On 24 December, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star, taking unprecedented measurements of the sun
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:55:11 +0000 |
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Just a few months after the previous record was set, a start-up called Quantinuum has announced that it has entangled the largest number of logical qubits – this will be key to quantum computers that can correct their own errors
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 |
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Solving challenges like climate change not only requires ambitious targets, but also an honest appraisal of uncertainty and possible failure
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:00:28 +0000 |
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They were loved by Charles Darwin, they build brilliantly bad nests and they even produce a kind of “milk”. Surely, these facts are more than enough to foster a love for the urban pigeon
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:16:45 +0000 |
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Rather than getting its water from impacts, our planet may have drawn in water vapour after the sun boiled it off early icy asteroids
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:00:43 +0000 |
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The unusual properties of gallium have helped scientists to create delicate moulds that can be used to grow cultures of human cells resembling tiny blood vessels
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:00:12 +0000 |
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Hope for a much-needed treatment for the common pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia has been raised by a successful test of an mRNA therapy in mice
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 |
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From the first private moon landing to the first civilian spacewalk, Elon Musk’s SpaceX helped drive a big year for private space flight
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 |
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Rats of the sky? Pigeons are often the target of human ire, but there's a lot to cherish – or at least appreciate – in these scrappy survivors
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:12:45 +0000 |
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Dog harnesses are sometimes claimed to reduce pulling forces on the leash, but an experiment found they have the opposite effect
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 |
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People in multiple US states tested positive for bird flu this year, raising concerns about the pandemic potential of the virus
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:40:34 +0000 |
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The electricity required to support AI could contribute to approximately 600,000 asthma cases and create a $20 billion public health burden by 2030
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:20:57 +0000 |
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For millennia, Arctic ecosystems have stored more carbon dioxide than they release, but that has shifted as warming temperatures have boosted wildfires and melted permafrost in the north
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:47 +0000 |
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Leading archaeologists share the biggest recent advances in our understanding of human evolution, and their hopes for the exciting finds the next five years may have in store
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:00:39 +0000 |
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The ocean carbon sink – which removes about a quarter of our emissions from the atmosphere each year – was much weaker than expected in 2023
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 |
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Dog owners often wonder what's really going on between their pets' fluffy ears. Now, savvy experiments and new technology are finally giving us a clearer glimpse
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Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:44 +0000 |
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Google has unveiled a new quantum computer called Willow that excels at a benchmarking problem, but it still isn't clear whether these machines can serve a practical purpose
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:44:13 +0000 |
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Atoms cooled to near absolute zero let researchers make a measurement of gravity 20 per cent more precise than the standard quantum limit usually allows
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Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:00:47 +0000 |
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A resurgence of the screwworm parasite in Central America could have a devastating impact on livestock farming, and poses a threat to humans and wildlife too
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Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:10:38 +0100 |
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The term “Disease X” means a new infection, or an existing pathogen that has mutated to become more dangerous, with the potential to cause a global pandemic
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Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:27:00 +0000 |
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Many ancient board games have been discovered, but there are no rulebooks so we don't know how to play them. Now AI is bringing these games back to life by working out likely rules
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Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:23 +0000 |
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Higher or lower levels of certain proteins in your blood appear to indicate if your brain's age is older than your actual age
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Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:45:42 +0000 |
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The moving sofa problem, which involves negotiating furniture around an awkward hallway, has puzzled mathematicians for decades – but now we have an answer
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Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:50:00 +0100 |
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Could the universe's missing matter be hiding in a "dark" extra dimension? We now have simple ways to test this outlandish idea - and the existence of extra dimensions more generally
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Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:30:14 +0000 |
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In a surprise discovery, researchers found a new way to generate quantum entanglement for particles of light, which could make building quantum information networks easier
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