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A curious history of famous body parts
Suzie Edge is a medical historian who frequently surprises (and sometimes shocks) her TikTok followe...
With privacy concerns rising, can we teach AI chat...
The way AI systems work means that we can’t easily delete what they have learned. Now, researchers a...
Face masks ward off covid-19, so why are we still ...
The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to preve...
UK AI summit: G7 countries agree AI code of conduc...
Ahead of a meeting at Bletchley Park on the future of artificial intelligence hosted by UK prime min...
Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduc...
When flatworms have the ability to regenerate, they lose the option to lay eggs – instead they produ...
Why cannabis smells like skunk – and how that coul...
Researchers recently identified the chemical source of marijuana's distinctive scent. The finding co...
Desert plant collects water from air by excreting ...
An evergreen desert shrub common in the Middle East excretes salt crystals onto its leaves that may ...
Biden executive order: How the US is trying to tam...
US president Joe Biden has announced an executive order that establishes ambitious guidelines on saf...
UK AI summit: Government testing chatbot for tax a...
Ahead of a meeting at Bletchley Park on the future of artificial intelligence hosted by UK prime min...
Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the d...
The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust, which blocked out ...
We can now only stay under 1.5°C target if we achi...
The amount of carbon dioxide we can still emit to have just a 50 per cent chance of limiting warming...
How we will discover the mysterious origins of lif...
Seventy years ago, three discoveries propelled our understanding of how life on Earth began. But has...
How AI brought John Lennon back to life for the la...
The Beatles are set to release their last single, "Now and Then". The song was produced using musica...
Partial lunar eclipse captured in stunning images ...
On 28 October, the full moon had a red tinge for viewers in the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa, created...
You probably don't need 8 hours of sleep for a hea...
Largest analysis of brain scanning data yet suggests concerns about getting 7-to-8 hours sleep a nig...
Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avo...
Several species of flies, moths and planthoppers look so much like their jumping spider enemies that...
Gaza's phone and internet services have completely...
Palestinian telecommunications companies say that Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has cut off n...
Food waste in US landfills produces emissions equa...
More than a third of food produced in the US goes to waste. Most of it ends up in landfills where it...
