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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potent...
The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people th...
We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-b...
A decline in low-lying cloud cover means Earth is absorbing more solar radiation, which could explai...
Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popu...
Bees visited flowers on plants inoculated with diverse fungi more than plants without this treatment...
China's Tencent seems to have AI chips banned by U...
A US ban on exporting high-end chips used for AI development to China doesn't seem to have affected ...
Robotic rat uses AI to befriend real rodents
A robotic wheeled rat that was trained with AI learned how to play and fight with real rodents – and...
'Killer' cells explain differences in immunity bet...
Women are more susceptible to autoimmune conditions than men, but also more protected against infect...
Implant made with living neurons connects to mouse...
In a unique demonstration of brain implants that incorporate living cells, the devices were able to ...
Toddler bones show mammoths were the main food of ...
The bones of a child who died nearly 13,000 years ago suggest that the people who moved from Asia in...
The theory of evolution can evolve without rejecti...
Alternative thinking on the evolution of species is a welcome way to highlight some neglected aspect...
Mesopotamians felt happiness in their liver and an...
An analysis of ancient cuneiform texts suggests people thought of emotions in a different way almost...
DeepMind AI predicts weather more accurately than ...
The latest weather forecasting AI model from Google DeepMind can beat the leading providers more tha...
Flying robot leaps upwards and then takes to the a...
A bird-inspired robot called RAVEN can walk, hop and jump into flight, an ability that could help pe...
The extraordinary ways species control their own e...
Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role,...
What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on...
Wildfires are already changing as a result of climate change but we don’t know what will happen as o...
The best new science fiction books of December 202...
There are slimmer sci-fi pickings than usual at the end of the year, but gems can still be found, wh...
New forms of animals made by fusing several comb j...
Parts from dozens of different individual comb jellies have been fused together to create strange ne...
How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state o...
From perfecting your hydration levels to tracking hormones, analysing your perspiration can give new...
Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything...
From Alzheimer's disease to depression to heart disease, Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs appea...
