Science
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The best new sci-fi this month from the latest Haruki Murakami and more Harlan Ellison
Haruki Murakami has a long-awaited new novel out in English translation this month RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images I’ve…
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Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners
A new material can bend light University of Glasgow Scientists have discovered a technique whereby light can be bent around…
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Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily
A power substation near a data centre in Virginia Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images Silicon Valley’s scramble to build more…
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Quantum batteries could give off more energy than they store
Simulations suggest that when a quantum battery shares a quantum state with the device it is powering, the device can…
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Mountaineering astronauts and bad spelling? It’s advertising’s future
James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust AdVerts FRom HeLl Feedback is often both baffled and intrigued by the tricks advertisers will…
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How a ride in a friendly Waymo saw me fall for robotaxis
Waymo self driving taxi driving in downtown San Francisco Shutterstock/Iv-olga I took my first ride in a Waymo robotaxi last…
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Lakes are losing winter ice cover at an astonishing rate
Around 1.1 billion people live around lakes that freeze mktotoro/iStockphoto/Getty Images Like melting sea ice and glaciers, the frozen sheets…
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War-era sugar rationing boosted health of UK people conceived in 1940s
The UK was forced to ration sugar during the second world war Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Sugar rationing during and…
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Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?
James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust When my ginger rescue cat Marmalade crawls on my lap and meows at me urgently,…
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Spies can eavesdrop on phone calls by sensing vibrations with radar
An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone’s speaker, enabling an AI model…
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