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Leading AI models fail new test of artificial gene...
A new test of AI capabilities consists of puzzles that humans are able to solve without too much tro...
Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to mol...
Scientists have replicated the luxurious mouthfeel of foie gras using the liver and fat of ducks rea...
Ex-UK cyber chief says asking Apple to break encry...
Ciaran Martin, the former head of cyber security at GCHQ, says the UK government was "naive" to expe...
Smartphones may be beneficial to children – if the...
In the ongoing debate over the benefits and harms of smartphone use in children, initial data from a...
Floating wood could help us refreeze the Arctic se...
Floating platforms of wood could draw up seawater and help it to freeze, seeding the formation of ne...
Even moderate CO2 emissions could lead to 7°C of w...
There's a small chance of very high warming even with moderate future emissions, according to a comp...
How a surprising twist on rewilding could help set...
We’ve pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large an...
Water can turn into a superacid that makes diamond...
Simulations suggest that water can become a superacid under extremely high heat and pressure conditi...
Greenland has gained over 1600 km of new coastline...
Melting ice is revealing new coastal zones in the Arctic, but while this new landscape might fuel sp...
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA...
It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most...
Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type ...
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or...
NASA has made the first radio telescope observatio...
The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling over and rendering much...
Classrooms decorated like woodlands seem to slow m...
Spending a lot of time outdoors may be the best way to prevent myopia, or delay its progression, but...
German company set for first commercial rocket lau...
Isar Aerospace is preparing to launch its Spectrum rocket from a base in Norway, which would make it...
A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented ...
Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might n...
Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elab...
Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from hi...
Why you should slow down your brain’s ageing – and...
Many of us have a brain that is older than our years. But there are plenty of things you can do to c...
Monkeys choose babysitters based on who has more p...
Young female black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys often want to hold other females’ infants, but mothe...
