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US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site
The FEMA map detailed how climate change could affect the risk of various hazards across the US Andrii Biletskyi/Alamy Researchers…
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Shock discovery tears up the rules of time and space inside a computer
How do time and space relate to computation? We have a new answer Xuanyu Han/Getty Images An astonishing discovery about…
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Is OpenAI hitting a wall with huge and expensive GPT-4.5 model?
GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s latest chatbot model CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images OpenAI has unveiled its latest AI model, GPT-4.5, but…
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Stone tools help monkeys thrive in hostile habitats
Capuchins can use stone tools to access food Roland Seitre/NaturePL Critically endangered golden-bellied capuchins (Sapajus xanthosternos) are more widespread than…
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Deepstaria review: Dancers float like jellyfish in the abyss in new Wayne McGregor show
Wayne McGregor’s Deepstaria is inspired by ocean life Ravi Deepres Deepstaria At Sadlers Wells in London until 2 March, then…
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NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky
Artist’s impression of the SPHEREx space telescope NASA/JPL-Caltech The latest addition to NASA’s fleet of space telescopes will launch this…
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Incredible close-up images of insects scoop photo contest honours
Damselflies can’t smile – but their wide-open mandibles make them appear to be grinning broadly or even sticking out their…
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A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World review: We are suckers for end times
We may live in an age of doomscrolling, but we can keep wild, apocalyptic thinking at bay Stephen Taylor/Alamy A…
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New Scientist Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero
An unusual-looking hero Alamy Stock Photo The idea that the hero of Dengue Boy would be a mosquito emerged in…
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Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy
Michel Nieva’s Dengue Boy is set on a drowned future Earth Alamy Stock Photo Dead, you mean? Spread-eagle on that…
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