Science
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California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather
The Palisades Fire advancing on homes in Los Angeles Ethan Swope/Associated Press/Alamy Fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area are…
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Sleeping pills disrupt how the brain clears waste
During sleep, the brain flushes out toxins that accumulate throughout the day Robert Reader/Getty Images Sleeping pills might help you…
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Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked
Digital models of the ancient molluscs Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum, created from X-ray scans of their fossils Sutton et…
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Paraparticles: Physicists discover that ‘impossible’ particles could actually be real
Paraparticles could appear as vibrations in certain quantum systems Giroscience/Science Photo Library A group of fundamental particles, long theorised but…
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Will genome editing transform our children’s health? Some have doubts
The CRISPR protein (blue and pink) is hooked up to an RNA sequence (orange) that guides where to cut DNA…
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How to tell if you have a weak or strong immune system
Keep track of how many illnesses you have each year to get to grips with your immune health Vicki Turner…
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Vaccine misinformation can easily poison AI – but there’s a fix
It’s relatively easy to poison the output of an AI chatbot NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots…
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When is the best time to exercise to get the most from your workout?
Your muscles, fat and other cells respond differently to exercise depending on the time of day Panoramic Images/Alamy Usain Bolt…
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New Glenn launch: Blue Origin’s reusable rocket set for maiden flight
New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida Blue Origin Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon…
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How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat’s last theorem
Fermat’s last theorem remained unsolved for hundreds of years Alessandro Gandolfi/Panos Pictures The following is an extract from our Lost…
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