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Toxic chemicals from car tyres can get into soil a...
Governments need to take action to protect people from potentially toxic additives in tyre rubber, s...
AI that determines risk of death helps save lives ...
An AI trained on the heart's electrical activity alerted physicians about patients at high risk of d...
Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusi...
Generative AI models designed to create images from text can be adapted to construct complex optical...
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu p...
As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the country’s health agencies ...
Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ende...
Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s lasting effects on th...
5 extraordinary ideas about the mind and what it m...
To celebrate the launch of our new event series in the US, kicking off with a masterclass on the bra...
Rare mutation that causes short stature may shed l...
The genetic variant, which causes people to be insensitive to growth hormone, may also protect peopl...
Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly ins...
When alpacas mate, males deposit sperm directly into the uterus, a reproductive strategy not confirm...
Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spi...
Before it shattered over Germany, the asteroid 2024 BX1 was clocked rotating once every 2.6 seconds ...
Global warming could make tides higher as well as ...
In addition to the overall rise in sea level, the heights of tides are also changing as the oceans w...
Deepfake politicians may have a big influence on I...
Political campaigns are deploying AI-generated deepfake versions of politicians to reach hundreds of...
Two medicines for opioid addiction also help with ...
The medicines nalmefene and naltrexone helped compulsive gamblers reduce their betting activities, t...
Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragme...
In just 2 hours, small metal robots can capture most nanoscopic plastic particles from a sample of w...
Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify...
The neurons in wasp brains that help them recognise hive mates are similar to those in the brains of...
Supermassive black holes may provide a nursery for...
The supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies may capture smaller black holes. Not only do...
Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to s...
The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now...
Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sn...
Mice that had been genetically modified to lack the ability to smell could sniff out hidden cookies ...
Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of geneti...
Intensive breeding since the 19th century has created thousands of varieties of rose, but a reductio...
