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Llamas solve problems faster after watching people...
Llamas are able to learn from other llamas and even more effectively from humans, possibly because t...
Quantum randomness of empty space can be controlle...
The minuscule fluctuations of seemingly empty space can be controlled just enough to make the buildi...
CRISPR-edited trees reduce the energy and water re...
Genetically editing poplar trees reduces the resources required to harvest their wood's cellulose, w...
First over-the-counter birth control pill approved...
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the oral contraceptive Opill for use without a prescrip...
Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faeca...
Faecal transplants alleviated nerve pain in people with diabetes, suggesting gut bacteria may play a...
Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have ...
A fossil has been identified as an ancient alligator species with a very short snout, ridged skull a...
How can we keep homes cool in extreme heat without...
Many northern countries including the UK must adapt homes to cope with hot weather, a study warns – ...
What is xAI, Elon Musk’s new AI company, and will ...
Elon Musk has announced a new project called xAI that plans to “understand the true nature of the un...
Using bigger AI training data sets may produce mor...
Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to r...
Stars found hidden in huge cloud wrapped around th...
The Magellanic stream is a cloud of dust and gas that wraps around our galaxy. It has long been thou...
Shifting where data is processed for AI can reduce...
A scheduling algorithm can help redistribute AI workloads among data centres to minimise the environ...
Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign...
An analysis of bones from the La Brea tar pits in California reveals that sabre-toothed tigers and d...
'Superbubbles' of gas around quasars may form than...
Colossal bubbles of hot gas observed around three distant, supermassive black holes are probably the...
Malaria vaccine shows promise against relapsing fo...
A vaccine induced an immune response against the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, which can remain...
Record-breaking number of qubits entangled in a qu...
A group of 51 superconducting qubits have been entangled inside a quantum computer, not just in pair...
Coral reefs are contaminated with plastic from fis...
Plastic was found at nearly all of the 84 coral reefs studied across the Pacific, Atlantic and India...
Quantum twist on common computer algorithm promise...
Quantum computers have been shown to solve some problems faster than ordinary computers, but so far ...
Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution ...
A handful of “rules” govern how evolution shapes life on Earth, from island gigantism to colours shi...
