Science
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How the evolution of citrus is inextricably linked with our own
The genus Citrus refers to a group of flowering shrubs and trees liv friis-larsen / Alamy This is an extract…
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Gravity may explain why Neanderthals failed to adopt advanced weaponry
Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently never used them – and…
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Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s…
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Listening to music after surgery seems to be an effective painkiller
Music could be a cheap way to help people be more comfortable after surgery Dragos Condrea/Alamy Listening to music after…
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Folklore uncovers a tsunami that rocked Hawaii hundreds of years ago
A Hawaiian story hints at a huge wave that once struck the island of Maui Dawn Jermaill A Hawaiian narrative…
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Boosting brain waves in sleep improves rats’ memory
Illustration of neuron activity in a rat’s brain Connect Images/Alamy Strengthening activity of some brainwaves in rats’ while they sleep…
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Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once
An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…
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Writing backwards can trick an AI into providing a bomb recipe
ChatGPT can be tricked with the right prompt trickyaamir/Shutterstock State-of-the-art generative AI models like ChatGPT can be tricked into giving…
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Mathematicians have found a new way to identify prime numbers
Can you find the primes? ROBERT BROOK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY For the first time in more than 25 years, mathematicians have…
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NASA set to launch Europa Clipper probe to search for signs of habitability
Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft NASA/JPL-Caltech The largest spacecraft ever created by NASA for an interplanetary mission will launch…
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