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The best TV shows of 2023 so far – science fiction...
Our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley talks about her favourite series of the year so far and the upcomin...
Covid-19 antibodies may give us partial immunity t...
Antibodies from people who have had covid-19 or been vaccinated against it may give them partial pro...
Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will re...
Vagus nerve stimulation is used to treat conditions ranging from inflammation to migraine. Mapping t...
Recycled coffee grounds can be used to make strong...
Using spent coffee grounds to replace some of the sand in concrete makes the material stronger and c...
Turtles keep a record of nuclear activity in their...
Tortoises and turtles accumulate uranium isotopes in their shells, which could provide a reliable re...
Could a shared heat pump system warm every home on...
Usually, ground source heat pumps can only be installed in homes with plenty of land, but a UK compa...
The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, b...
From Walking with Dinosaurs to King Kong, palaeontologist David Hone chooses his favourite science f...
Chip shortages are producing winners and losers in...
The high-powered chips required for training the most advanced artificial intelligences are in short...
Binge drinking hits record high among adults 35 to...
In the US, more adults between 35 and 50 years old are binge drinking than ever before, while rates ...
How we broke the water cycle and can no longer rel...
We thought Earth's water cycle was resilient to human meddling, but new analysis shows our supplies ...
The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near ...
Animals found around hydrothermal vents – from snails covered in metal plates to hairy crabs – have ...
Tricks for making AI chatbots break rules are free...
Certain prompts can encourage chatbots such as ChatGPT to ignore the rules that prevent illicit use,...
Russia's Luna 25 moon mission ends in catastrophic...
It has been almost 50 years since Russia - then the Soviet Union - landed safely on the moon. The cr...
3D-printed toilet is so slippery that nothing can ...
You may never need to clean a toilet again, thanks to a new material that keeps the bowl free of any...
Google AI predicts floods four days early in South...
An artificial intelligence from Google can predict floods even in regions with little data on water ...
First cargo ship powered by 'green methanol' has b...
A container ship on its way from South Korea to Denmark is using methanol fuel that reduces emission...
IBM has just made error correction easier for quan...
The difficulty of quantum error correction has been a major stumbling block for quantum computers, b...
Consciousness traced to specific clusters of nerve...
Researchers have mapped how clusters of nerve cells in the brain connect to regulate wakefulness, wh...
