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Dogs pull harder on the leash when they wear a har...
Dog harnesses are sometimes claimed to reduce pulling forces on the leash, but an experiment found t...
Bird flu suddenly got serious in 2024, infecting d...
People in multiple US states tested positive for bird flu this year, raising concerns about the pand...
Arctic tundra is now a source – not a sink – of ca...
For millennia, Arctic ecosystems have stored more carbon dioxide than they release, but that has shi...
Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and i...
The electricity required to support Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions could contribute to approximately ...
Ultracold atoms measure gravity with surprising pr...
Atoms cooled to near absolute zero let researchers make a measurement of gravity 20 per cent more pr...
Extreme heat may rapidly sap the ocean’s ability t...
The ocean carbon sink – which removes about a quarter of our emissions from the atmosphere each year...
She's obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing m...
Dog owners often wonder what's really going on between their pets' fluffy ears. Now, savvy experimen...
The ancient board games we finally know how to pla...
Many ancient board games have been discovered, but there are no rulebooks so we don't know how to pl...
Is Google's new quantum computer a big deal?
Google has unveiled a new quantum computer that excels at a benchmarking problem, but it still isn't...
Thirteen proteins in your blood could reveal the a...
Higher or lower levels of certain proteins in your blood appear to indicate if your brain's age is o...
Mathematicians have figured out the best sofa shap...
The moving sofa problem, which involves negotiating furniture around an awkward hallway, has puzzled...
Believing in Santa Claus doesn't make children act...
You might expect a child's belief in Santa Claus – with his ability to discern whether children have...
Chips linked with light could train AI faster whil...
A technology that packs more optical fibre connections onto chips could let them transmit 80 times a...
AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement
In a surprise discovery, researchers found a new way to generate quantum entanglement for particles ...
Melting permafrost makes 'drunken forests' store l...
As the Arctic ground thaws due to climate change, trees are struggling to stay upright – and this sl...
Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new ...
It may sound strange, but mathematicians have created an entire ladder of infinities, each larger th...
Conservationists are collecting semen from endange...
Scuba divers will attempt to collect semen from at least nine wild male leopard sharks for the first...
Why scientists scanned giant hailstones in a denti...
A high-resolution view of hailstones the size of tennis balls can reveal how they form – and help re...
