Science
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The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024
Hurricane Milton churning in the Gulf of Mexico CIRA The ominous swirling grey of Hurricane Milton is captured in the…
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Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands
Sam Raskin at Yale University and his colleagues have proved the geometric Langlands conjecture Yale University/Dan Renzetti A mathematical breakthrough…
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Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season
A humpback whale breaching Zack Metcalfe Human musicians must practise for thousands of hours to perfect their performance skills, and…
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OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it’s still not AGI
OpenAI announced a breakthrough achievement for its new o3 AI model Rokas Tenys / Alamy OpenAI’s new o3 artificial intelligence…
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Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet cables
Could we build a secure quantum internet with the cables we already use? Shutterstock/Connect world Caught in a traffic jam…
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How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban
TikTok is a video-sharing social media platform Anatolii Babii / Alamy A US law banning the popular video-sharing app TikTok…
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Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?
Particles in ship exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening – some geoengineering projects would try to recreate this effect NASA’s Earth…
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Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Borneo
The orange fur on the underside of Nepenthes pongoides leaves is why the pitcher plant was named after orangutans Alviana…
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Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK’s Online Safety Act
Small website owners say they may be forced to shut down Portra/Getty Images The UK’s new Online Safety Act may…
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NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, snapped by the Perseverance rover NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS A little helicopter finally met its end this year.…
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