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Thousands of people apparently cheat at Wordle eve...
The popular word-guessing game Wordle inspires large numbers of people to either cheat by looking up...
JWST has taken an astonishing image of a baby star...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a young star spewing out powerful winds that...
Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop...
Insect-sized robots that can crawl, hop and turn by harnessing the power of explosions can be cheapl...
NASA’s UFO task force has released its final repor...
An independent task force formed by NASA to look into unidentified anomalous phenomena found no evid...
Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US...
Rivers in the US and central Europe are losing their ability to hold oxygen because of rising temper...
MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval ...
US regulators could soon authorise MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder af...
City-wide quantum communication network in China i...
A network that connects quantum devices and a central server that spans Hefei, China can allow multi...
Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a...
A combination of keen senses and quick reflexes may help mosquitoes avoid a sticky end by riding the...
Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixe...
Between 2010 and 2021, the proportion of drug overdose deaths in the US involving a combination of f...
Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for...
Male frogs will sometimes try to mate with turtles or inanimate objects, and now there is evidence t...
Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effect...
A streamlined version of Moderna’s vaccine that targets only key parts of the spike protein of the S...
Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by...
To stay within safe planetary boundaries, humans should only use around 10 per cent of the biomass p...
Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified...
Animal footprints carved into rock thousands of years ago depict over 40 species, a trio of trackers...
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How soap operas can help us understand special rel...
Time scales in my favourite soap opera Emmerdale make no sense, but maybe this helps avid fans to no...
Reusable rocket built by students is about to laun...
The Karman Space Programme, set up by students at Imperial College London, will attempt to launch it...
Superglue alternative made from soya is strong but...
Most adhesives are made from fossil fuels and take thousands of years to biodegrade, but a new alter...
DNA-based computer can run 100 billion different p...
Mixing and matching various strands of DNA can create versatile biological computer circuits that ca...
