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AI-powered chilli spray could deter bears without ...
A machine controlled by AI that sprays bears with the chilli pepper chemical capsaicin could reduce ...
Archaeologists uncover settlement from golden age ...
A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom ...
Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existe...
Solvej Balle's newly translated speculative novel, On the Calculation of Volume (parts I and II), ex...
US congressional speeches are getting less evidenc...
An AI analysis finds that since the 1970s, speeches by US Congress members have shifted to favour la...
Why quantum computers may continue to fail a key t...
There have been several claims of quantum computers performing at a level impossible to match with a...
World's first baby born by IVF done almost entirel...
A baby has been born after being conceived via IVF performed by a machine, with a medical profession...
Plant-based waterproof material could replace sing...
Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups th...
What politicians so often get wrong about science
Governments love asking what scientific research will bring society, but the most important discover...
What the surprising lives of solitary animals reve...
A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows th...
Can Amazon's soon-to-launch Kuiper satellites riva...
Amazon is aiming to launch its first operational satellites today to provide speedy internet connect...
Largest mammalian brain map ever could unpick what...
A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientis...
Arabia has been green for long spells in the past ...
Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabia’s past, which might have given early ...
Light-based computers are getting close to a comme...
Computers that use photons rather than electrons to manipulate data promise greater speed and energy...
Space could emerge from time
An investigation of the changing behaviour of a single quantum bit through time has uncovered a tant...
The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European langu...
It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywher...
Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked t...
Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusu...
How to make great coffee with fewer beans, accordi...
Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use up to 10 per cent f...
Rethink of fossils hints dinosaurs still thrived b...
The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that speci...
