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Should we be worried about bird flu spreading to m...
Bird flu infections have been recorded in various mammals, including foxes and mink, but it is uncle...
Flying robot echolocates like a bat to avoid bangi...
A simple buzzer and some microphones help a drone to navigate and map out its surroundings, much lik...
Antidepressants mostly can't treat chronic pain, d...
Ongoing pain, such as chronic back or neck pain, is difficult to treat, so some doctors prescribe an...
Vikings brought horses and dogs to England, cremat...
The first physical proof that Vikings brought horses and dogs to England has been unearthed
Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that fed 10...
Analysis of cut marks on elephant bones suggests every scrap of meat and fat was removed from the bi...
Tweets reveal hardware stores cause disgust but mo...
A study of more than 1.5 million tweets over one year suggests that people in San Francisco feel dis...
Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant la...
A workshop used for mummification at Saqqara in Egypt contains remnants of the substances used to ma...
Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for...
Sheep living in pasture with solar panels benefit from shade in hot weather and more nutritious gras...
Most of England's sewage systems are overwhelmed, ...
Figures on sewage overflows into rivers and seas in England show that 80 per cent of wastewater syst...
Hearing noise and moving our body helps us gauge t...
People may be more aware of how much time has passed when they move their body and hear sounds durin...
Doubling trees in European cities could prevent th...
A modelling study of 93 European cities suggests that more than 2600 human heat-related deaths over ...
San Francisco is getting cold feet about self-driv...
San Francisco officials have called for a slower, more considered expansion of the use of autonomous...
How to tell if your immune system is weak or stron...
New blood tests can reveal whether your immune system is fighting fit by looking at the balance of d...
How genetically engineered immune cells are beatin...
In some cases, it is now possible to genetically engineer the immune system to banish cancers like T...
Vine-like robot that 'grows' towards heat could pu...
A vine-like segmented robot that is attracted to heat could be used to autonomously extinguish fires...
Smart dairy farms are using AI scanners to monitor...
Technology being trialled on UK farms collects daily data on cows’ weight, body condition and mobili...
DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previo...
Artificial intelligences need specific training to excel at a task, but now a more generally intelli...
US proposes to ease blood donor restrictions on ga...
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed that blood donor assessments measure individual ris...
