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An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth's a...
Astronomers have spotted a 70-centimetre asteroid that is set to hit the atmosphere above northern S...
When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really ...
Covid-19 emerged in 2019, but some questions are still unanswered as to its origins
Chatbot gives medical advice to hundreds of users ...
Users of the healthcare app Alan whose queries were answered by a medical AI reported high satisfact...
Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the h...
Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on ...
Temporary scalp tattoo can be used to record brain...
EEG recordings used in neurology could be made simpler by replacing the usual electrodes, wires and ...
Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to u...
The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which s...
Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age a...
Our organs don't seem to age at the same rate, which could mean healthy habits are particularly impo...
Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by...
Comparing historical heat extremes with climate simulations has revealed that in parts of the world ...
Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured...
Robotic equipment can implant electrodes into cockroaches and connect them to an electronic backpack...
Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep un...
The Acidalia Planitia region of the Red Planet might have all the requirements for methane-burping b...
The way Cheerios stick together has inspired a new...
Tiny robots designed to carry out environmental or industrial tasks could be powered by tricks invol...
Ancient footprints show how early human species li...
Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species...
Social media algorithms can change your views in j...
The content you see on social media is often determined by an algorithm - and it turns out that thes...
AI can analyse a decomposing body to help pinpoint...
Determining when someone died based on their decomposing body is a subjective task, but artificial i...
A little bit of fear can bring down high levels of...
Feeling scared seems to reduce elevated levels of inflammation, which may help explain why some peop...
Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious...
Three people in North America without known animal exposures have tested positive for the bird flu v...
Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters
Rising carbon dioxide levels are driving an increase in the ocean’s acidity – and this change is sin...
Robot balloons are snapping centimetre-resolution ...
Near Space Labs’s autonomous balloon fleet is already taking high-resolution images of the ground, a...
