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Category: Science
AI writes better stories when it works backwards from a...
AI can write a story where each sentence flows from the next in a grammatically correct, statistically likely way, but often the p...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to 't...
A spacecraft designed to study the sun up close has entered its upper atmosphere for the first time in history
Photons could be ‘split’ in two to create a weird new f...
Physicists have shown that ‘splitting’ particles of light into so-called Majorana bosons, a feat long thought to be mathematically...
Ethereum cryptocurrency delays emissions-slashing upgra...
Ethereum is using almost as much electricity as Ecuador, according to a new analysis, and a long-awaited upgrade to slash its ener...
Covid-19 news: Myocarditis more common after infection ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Scientists keep inventing ways for pigs to breathe via ...
Flushing trillions of tiny oxygen bubbles through the rectum increases blood oxygen in pigs and could be an alternative to ventila...
Freshwater fish can recover from mercury pollution in j...
Mercury pollution is a major global environmental problem, with small-scale gold mining and coal burning the two biggest sources, ...
Did monkeys really sail the oceans on floating rafts of...
The mystery of how some species colonised new continents is as old as the theory of evolution itself. Now, with fresh clues surfac...
Neanderthals may have cleared a European forest with fi...
When Neanderthals lived at a site called Neumark-Nord in Germany, the region had far fewer trees than surrounding areas, suggestin...
Sticky robot hand inspired by geckos combines delicacy ...
Robotic hands often trade strength for adaptability, but a sticky coating inspired by gecko feet has given this artificial hand a ...
Thousands of lives being saved as US moves to less-poll...
Almost 8000 fewer lives are being lost to air pollution from vehicle emissions in the US per year, thanks to cleaner engines that ...
Collapse of doomsday glacier in Antarctica could begin ...
Antarctica's Thwaites glacier could break free of the continent within 10 years, which could lead to catastrophic sea level rise a...