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What are fractals and how can they help us underst...
Fractals are common in nature because of the surprisingly simple way they are made. Mathematically, ...
What is artificial general intelligence, and is it...
The world's biggest AI companies have made artificial general intelligence, or AGI, their goal. But ...
What neurodiversity means for psychiatrists and th...
Neurodiversity reframes neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD as differences to be embraced rat...
Snow and rising sea levels may have triggered Japa...
In an ongoing swarm of earthquakes that began hitting Japan in 2020, the shifting weight of surface ...
Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make ...
With tentative evidence for long-lasting quantum phenomena inside cells, researchers are beginning t...
Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean...
Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust after studyin...
OpenAI’s chatbot shows racial bias in advising hom...
ChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, showing prejudices refle...
Solar-powered floating islands could help to regro...
A trio of hexagonal islands could generate solar electricity to power a process that accelerates cor...
Acne-causing bacteria can treat dandruff by resett...
An acid produced by an acne-causing bacteria reduced the severity of people's dandruff by adjusting ...
To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to me...
There are all kinds of different ways to measure biodiversity. But if we are to arrest its alarming ...
Quantum diamond sensor measured heart signals from...
For the first time, a quantum sensor has been used to record magnetic signals from the heart of a li...
How indefinite causality could lead us to a theory...
Experiments show that effect doesn’t always follow cause in the weird world of subatomic particles, ...
World’s only lungless frog species actually does h...
The rare Bornean flat-headed frog was thought to be the only frog with no lungs, but we now know it ...
Zapping spinal cord injuries helps restore hand st...
Electrical stimulation on the back during rehabilitation exercises causes lasting improvements in pe...
Why are there so many rogue planets and what do th...
Estimates suggest there are trillions of free-floating worlds in our galaxy alone. Most of them will...
What is thought and how does thinking manifest in ...
We can describe different kinds of thought and how they arise, to some extent, but the relationship ...
Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost n...
Mathematicians are celebrating a 1000-page proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, a problem so...
VR headset can give you 360-degree vision like an ...
A virtual reality system and a head-mounted 360-degree camera make it possible to look directly behi...
