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Using AI tools like ChatGPT can reduce critical thinking skills
Are we losing critical thinking skills to artificial intelligence? Naeblys/Alamy Generative AI tools can limit users’ critical thinking when doing…
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Why we may crave dessert even when we are full from dinner
You always have room for a sugary treat MarioGuti/iStockphoto/Getty Images Even after eating a large meal, most people can still…
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Rewilding is often championed, but could it be bad for biodiversity?
A Eurasian beaver that was reintroduced in Devon, UK Nature Picture Library/Alamy Between 1990 and 2014, forests in Europe expanded…
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California’s groundwater drought continues despite torrential rain
The Los Angeles river, with the downtown LA skyline in the distance Ekaterina Chizhevskaya/Getty Images In 2023, a parade of…
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Carbon-neutral hydrogen can be produced from farm waste
Farm waste could be turned into hydrogen fuel ImageryBT/Shutterstock Hydrogen could be made using agricultural waste under a new production…
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Tiny dwarf galaxy might house a supermassive black hole
The Large Magellanic Cloud may have its own supermassive black hole Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A supermassive…
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Mouse brain slices brought back to life after being frozen for a week
Reviving samples of mouse brain could bring us closer to freezing whole brains BSIP SA / Alamy Slices of mouse…
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Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago
A model of Cheddar Man, a person who lived in Britain 10,000 years ago, based on analysis of his DNA…
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Virgin Money flusters chatbot, but just try living in Scunthorpe
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe…
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Dating apps should fix their problems before saddling us with new ones
From lawsuits to fumbled advertising campaigns, are we falling out of love with online dating? Recent Ofcom data showed a…
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