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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next...
Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already un...
Chickens made resistant to bird flu with CRISPR ge...
Modifying a protein in chicken cells can help the birds resist infection by influenza viruses, but f...
Should we be worried about AI's growing energy use...
The expanding use of large AI models demands huge numbers of powerful servers, which could end up co...
Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to coo...
A fall in sea surface temperatures around 500 million years ago led to the evolution of aquatic life...
The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we ca...
The strange drive to be remembered after death may result from a cognitive glitch, but it could help...
Professional goalkeepers perceive the world differ...
Psychological tests reveal that goalkeepers are much better than outfield players or non-footballers...
Microgreens: The surprising truth about this trend...
Microgreens are an increasingly popular hobby, and have gained a reputation as the superheroes of th...
ISS livestream: Watch a live link-up with astronau...
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander on the International Space Station, answers questions from...
Pickled snake in museum is a new species – but may...
A snake kept in a museum in Zimbabwe since 1982 has been assigned to a new species, the Nyanga rinkh...
How to see the Draconid meteor shower peak tonight...
The Draconid meteor shower is happening between 6 and 10 October, peaking on 9 October, and you shou...
How asteroids can help us understand our place in ...
With the recent launch of the Psyche mission and the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu, aste...
Some of our cells move – and they do it by emittin...
A mammalian cell cannot crawl just anywhere – computer simulations based on experiments suggest that...
Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 year...
By comparing the rings of 140 trees buried in the bank of a French river, researchers estimate that ...
Placebos may ease pain by acting on brain systems ...
Placebos may minimise pain by decreasing activity in systems of the brain that regulate emotions, a ...
Online game could deter people from being radicali...
Techniques developed to stop people believing conspiracy theories could be adapted to prevent terror...
Robots could make farms more biodiverse with preci...
Autonomous farm machinery may enable farmers to scale up the benefits of plant interactions, accordi...
Countries need to coordinate climate action, says ...
Smaller groups of countries should be working together to coordinate on policies to reduce emissions...
Why trying to photograph a black hole was a massiv...
Astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope project didn't know if their attempt to photograp...
