Science
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Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come
More than just fossils show us how humans have evolved through time Ivan M / Alamy Stock Photo This is…
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Extremely cold atoms have beat a quantum precision limit for measuring gravity
An atom interferometer can make ultra-precise measurements of gravity RAL Space/IQO Hannover Extremely cold atoms have been used to measure…
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Is Google’s new Willow quantum computer really such a big deal?
Google says its new quantum chip is its most powerful yet Google Quantum AI Google has unveiled a new quantum…
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She’s obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing my dog’s inner life
“Chicken. Chicken. Chicken.” I’m woken by the sound of my own voice looping madly. My sleep-addled mind can’t work out…
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Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it’s getting worse
Servers fill a data centre in Texas Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images As data centres consume…
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Extreme heat may rapidly sap the ocean’s ability to absorb CO2
Last year, the ocean surface was much hotter than usual, as seen in July 2023 Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF The…
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What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?
What is Disease X? Don’t panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet – but it might one day. Disease X is…
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Screwworm: Why is this flesh-eating parasite making a comeback?
The screwworm larva has tusk-like mandibles protruding from its mouth Scott Camazine/Alamy Countries across the Americas have spent billions trying…
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Thirteen proteins in your blood could reveal the age of your brain
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence model to gauge people’s ages from their brain scans laboratory/Alamy The abundance of 13 proteins…
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Is Google’s new quantum computer a big deal?
Google says its new quantum chip is its most powerful yet Google Quantum AI Google has unveiled a new quantum…
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