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This mathematical trick can help you imagine space...
Visualising space-time can be a mind-melting exercise, but mathematician Manil Suri has a trick that...
We now know why we find some jokes funny - thanks ...
Scientists have a better understanding of how we enjoy jokes after monitoring people's brain activit...
World predicted to break 1.5°C warming limit for f...
There is a reasonable chance 2024 will be the first year in which the average global surface tempera...
Ancient climate analysis suggests CO2 causes more ...
A reconstruction of 66 million years of climate history indicates global temperature may be even mor...
Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from hum...
Honey-hunters from several African cultures use different sounds to communicate with honeyguides, an...
Microplastic pollution rained down on Canada durin...
When Hurricane Larry struck Newfoundland in 2021, large amounts of microplastic fell from the sky, p...
Seams on a baseball shift its trajectory by unexpe...
When a baseball is tilted and spinning just right, its raised, hand-stitched seams skew the process ...
Sand-dwelling fungi discovered and named after Dun...
One of four newly described species of "stalked puffball" fungi from Hungary’s Pannonian steppe erup...
The top ten films about artificial intelligence ac...
From Wall-E to Short Circuit via I, Robot, these are the best films out there about AI, says Alan Tu...
Uganda is planning a massive clean energy expansio...
Uganda announced a plan at COP28 to use oil revenues to fund a rapid expansion of clean energy acros...
Unusual dark hedgehog from eastern China is new to...
A species of hedgehog that hadn't been scientifically identified before has been discovered in two e...
Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native ...
Two solar farms in Minnesota saw big increases in bees and other insects after a variety of native g...
Genetic errors are behind more than two thirds of ...
Chromosomal abnormalities were thought to cause around half of miscarriages, but a new genetic analy...
Quantum computer sets record on path towards error...
A quantum computer built by QuEra contains the largest ever number of "logical quantum bits", which ...
Robotic mouse with flexible spine moves with great...
Most robots lack a flexible spine, so researchers created a 3D-printed mouse with the ability to ben...
DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate
Tiny machines made from strands of DNA can build copies of themselves, leading to exponential replic...
Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its ...
The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December atop a Falcon Heavy ...
COP28: The biggest climate wins and flops from the...
Much of the world pledged to triple renewable energy this decade – except some of the biggest emitte...
