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$1m prize for AI that can solve puzzles that are s...
Deducing the correct pattern that links pairs of coloured grids is relatively easy for most people, ...
Why our location in the Milky Way is perfect for f...
Our arm of the Milky Way is filled with older, metal-rich stars. New research suggests these might p...
Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Repu...
A new strain of mpox transmitted mainly by heterosexual sex has emerged in a mining town in the Demo...
AI can turn text into sign language – but it’s oft...
Researchers have developed an AI model that can translate text into sign language, but experts in De...
How big is the universe? The shape of space-time c...
We may never know what lies beyond the boundaries of the observable universe, but the fabric of the ...
Smiling robot face is made from living human skin ...
A technique for attaching a skin made from living human cells to a robotic framework could give robo...
Are space and time illusions? The answer could lie...
Whether space and time are part of the universe or they emerge from quantum entanglement is one of t...
What would happen if Earth was the centre of the s...
Geocentrism, the idea that everything in the universe revolves around Earth, has long been disproven...
The universe is built a lot like a giant brain – s...
Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this...
Three bright ideas that could fix fashion's enviro...
3D weaving technology, AI-designed fibres and leather made from waste fish scales are among the sust...
We are closer than ever to finally proving the mul...
One hundred years ago, we discovered there were other galaxies beyond our own. Now, we might be on t...
China’s Chang’e 6 returns with first rocks from fa...
The Chinese lunar spacecraft Chang’e 6 has touched down in Inner Mongolia, bringing back to Earth th...
Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may ...
As ice melts beneath Antarctica, warm ocean water can intrude further inland and set off more meltin...
Dazzling photos capture the unreal beauty of insec...
Sleeping cuckoo bees, colourful cotton harlequin bugs and a thorny lacewing trapped in amber appear ...
Little-studied pollutant from planes threatens the...
More than 50 million people living near airports in Europe may be at risk of health impacts from a l...
Quantum ‘super behaviour’ could create energy seem...
It should be possible to combine several quantum states, each with almost no energy, to create a sin...
Why antibiotic resistance could make the last pand...
People don't realise just how bad our antibiotic resistance problem is, says Jeanne Marrazzo, the to...
Origami computer uses folded paper for calculation...
By representing data as folds in paper, the principles of origami can theoretically be used to compu...
