Science
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USAID funding freeze devastates reproductive healthcare worldwide
Women lining up at a mobile tent for reproductive health services at a clinic in Zimbabwe MSI Zimbabwe/Arete/Tendai Marima The…
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Microsoft has a new quantum computer – but does it actually work?
Majorana 1, a quantum chip that relies on topological qubits John Brecher/Microsoft Microsoft researchers say they have created “topological qubits”,…
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Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly
Olivine rock naturally reacts with carbon dioxide, but it is a slow business Renhour48 via Wikimedia/CC0 1.0 Universal A new…
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The world’s glaciers have shrunk more than 5 per cent since 2000
The Rhône glacier in the Swiss Alps in 2024 FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images Glaciers worldwide have shrunk by more…
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Why geologists can’t agree on when the Anthropocene Epoch began
Horizon International Images/Alamy On a cosmological timescale, humanity’s existence is a mere blip. Yet, in our short lifetime, we have…
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We are finally getting to grips with how plate tectonics started
On Earth, the land moves. Over millions of years, continents shift and the entire surface of the planet reshapes itself.…
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Can Google’s new research assistant AI give scientists ‘superpowers’?
Google’s AI “co-scientist” is based on the firm’s Gemini large language models Raa/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Google has unveiled an experimental artificial intelligence…
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Microsoft wants to use generative AI tool to help make video games
The Muse AI was trained on the video game Bleeding Edge Microsoft An artificial intelligence model from Microsoft can recreate…
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When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals a shocking story
Earth is some 4.5 billion years old. When it formed from colliding rocks around a dim, young sun, it was…
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Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors
David Bujdos holds a bread-based electrode Liz Palmer Old pieces of bread can be transformed into precisely shaped electrodes using…
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