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How safe is the US food supply?

Food in the US has a bad rap thanks to outbreaks caused by bacteria, plus processing, additives and food dyes, but the food supply is actually much less risky...

Changing a single number among billions can destroy an AI model

Today's huge AI models are composed of several billion numbers known as weights and...

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Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around...

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Forest schools don’t actually boost most children’s mental health

Swapping classrooms for the woods doesn't appear to improve most children's mental health, but...

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

Reperfusion technologies that can reanimate human brains are raising the possibility that death could...

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AI helps driverless cars predict how unseen pedestrians may move

A specialised algorithm could help autonomous vehicles track hidden objects, such as a pedestrian, a bicycle or another vehicle concealed behind a parked car

Could when you eat be as important as what you eat?

Peaks in appetite and metabolism driven by our body's inbuilt clocks mean that eating at the wrong time can have consequences for our health...

Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

China's carbon emissions may have peaked in 2023, as figures suggest its output has plateaued so far in 2024

Quantum ‘Schrodinger’s cat’ survives for a stunning 23 minutes

A typically fragile quantum superposition has been made to last exceptionally long, and could eventually be used as a probe for discovering new physics

Flu viruses have evolved proteins that let them break through mucous

Computer simulations of how Influenza A moves through human mucous found it is ideally configured to slide through the sticky stuff on its way...

Flu viruses have evolved proteins that let them break through mucus

Computer simulations of how influenza A moves through human mucus found it is ideally configured to slide through the sticky stuff on its way...

The world is falling far short of its goal to halt biodiversity loss

In 2022, countries pledged to halt biodiversity loss by protecting 30 per cent of the planet by 2030, but progress has been too slow...

How psychedelics and VR could reveal how we become immersed in reality

An outlandish experiment searching for a brain network that tunes up and down the feeling of immersion is hoping to unlock the therapeutic effects...

Weird microbes could help rewrite the origin of multicellular life

Single-celled organisms called archaea can become multicellular when compressed, highlighting the role of physical forces in evolution

Stone Age network reveals ancient Paris was an artisanal trading hub

Ancient stone goods found across France may have been made by skilled craftspeople in what is now Paris, who traded along vast networks

Countdown begins for April’s total solar eclipse. What to know about watch parties and safe viewing

The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak spectacle on...

Pamela Anderson Is ‘Not a Product Person,’ Uses ‘Homemade’ Recipes to Maintain Glowing Skin (Exclusive)

The actress, 56, shared the secret to healthy glow with Us Weekly at the Pandora Lab Grown Diamond launch party on Wednesday, September 6,...

NASA climate satellite blasts off to survey oceans and atmosphere of a warming Earth

NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX launched the Pace satellite on its...

Syphilis Rate Among Pregnant Women Has More Than Tripled, Study Finds

The rate of syphilis among pregnant women in the U.S. has more than tripled in recent years, according to new research that helps shed...

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