Science
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Our third interstellar visitor might be 8 billion years old
The trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system NASA/JPL-Caltech An interstellar object currently passing through…
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Peculiar plant could help us reconstruct ancient Earth’s climate
Smooth horsetail plants have segmented stems piemags/nature/Alamy A strange plant that has existed since animals first walked on land can…
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Will we ever feel comfortable with AIs taking on important tasks?
Imagine a map of the world, divided by national borders. How many colours do you need to fill each country,…
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Surgical robots take step towards fully autonomous operations
A surgical robot operating on a dead pig Juo-Tung Chen/Johns Hopkins University An AI-powered robot was able to remove a…
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Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth
Protein fragments managed to persist in the harsh conditions of Kenya’s Rift Valley Ellen Miller The fossilised teeth of 18-million-year-old…
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Exercise helps fight cancer – and we may finally know why
Working out seems to have a cancer-fighting effect Franziska & Tom Werner/Getty Images Exercise is known to help prevent cancer…
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Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists
Nearly 2 million years ago, one of our hominin ancestors developed bone cancer in their foot. The fate of this…
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Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought
Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms include nausea and headaches Savushkin/Getty Images Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought, at…
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Why falling in love with an AI isn’t laughable, it’s inevitable
Humans are wired to treat machines as social beings Abdillah Studio/Unsplash Think of what it feels like to be in…
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Colossal’s plans to “de-extinct” the giant moa are still impossible
An artist’s impression of the moa, one of the largest extinct birds Christopher Klee/Colossal Biosciences Colossal Biosciences has announced plans…
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