Science
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US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban – but the fight isn’t over yet
A protester holds a pro-TikTok sign in front of the US Supreme Court on 10 January 2025 Allison Robbert/The Washington…
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Blue Origin vs SpaceX: Who is winning the battle of the rockets?
New Glenn reached orbit (left) but Starship exploded, raining debris (right) Blue Origin; SWNS Compare these two scenes: on 16…
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ELIZA: World’s first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades
Joseph Weizenbaum created the ELIZA chatbot at MIT From the image archive of the documentary film “Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work”…
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Adrian Tchaikovsky on his science fiction novel Alien Clay, and another route for life
“A world organised along very different lines to Earth” … Alien Clay Science Photo Library/Alamy “Hard” science fiction exists to…
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Elusive phase change finally spotted in a quantum simulator
An ion trap can control atoms for quantum experiments Y. Colombe/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY After decades…
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Robotic exoskeleton can train expert pianists to play faster
A robotic exoskeleton can train people to move their fingers more quickly Shinichi Furuya A robotic hand exoskeleton can help…
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Alien Clay extract: Read a section of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new space-based novel
Delivering “some felons to a labour camp on a remote planet” … Alien Clay Shutterstock / Space creator They say…
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Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since 1958 FRED ESPENAK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The…
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Severe droughts are getting bigger, hotter, drier and longer
Climate change can increase the frequency and severity of droughts Zhang Yu/VCG via Getty Images Severe droughts that persist for…
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Mind-controlled robotic arm lets people with paralysis touch and feel
“Oh my god, this arm is part of me,” says Scott Imbrie, who was able to use it to feel…
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