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Neuralink Plans to Test Whether Its Brain Implant Can Control a Robotic Arm

Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching...

What will it take to solve our planet’s plastic pollution crisis?

Countries are meeting in South Korea this...

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What will it take to solve our planet’s plastic pollution crisis?

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic pollution — here's what experts say it...

Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus

Most people born before 1968 have antibodies against flu viruses similar to the H5N1...

How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Most dogs aren't bred to feel at ease in our homes, but scientists studying...

This start-up is removing carbon from a polluted New York City river

Projects to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by making the oceans less acidic...

Why gene editors want to treat fetuses when they are still in the womb

Gene editing in the womb could be more effective than the same treatment after...

Vaclav Smil’s take on how to feed future populations has one big flaw

How to Feed the World, Vaclav Smil's "big numbers" book about future food supply, fails to address the impact of climate change

AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour

Using GPT-4o, the model behind ChatGPT, researchers have replicated the personality and behaviour of more than 1000 people, in an effort to create an...

Planet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found

A large planet has been spotted orbiting a dwarf star that is just 3 million years old, offering possible clues to how the worlds...

IBM entangled two quantum chips to work together for the first time

IBM has bet big on a modular approach to building quantum computers, and now it has successfully linked two quantum chips together to operate...

Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?

Unbearable heat in China’s megacities reveals the future many of us face, but also suggests ways we can adapt

Are calories on menus doing more harm than good?

Many restaurants in countries such as England and the US now print calories on their menus, but some researchers question whether this is really...

See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures

The best pictures we have of the sun yet have been delivered thanks to the Solar Orbiter spacecraft

Being in space makes it harder for astronauts to think quickly

The effects of being in space can worsen an astronaut's working memory, processing speed and attention - which could be a problem for future...

Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right

Analysis of millions of galaxies upholds Albert Einstein’s ideas about gravity and also offers tantalising new hints of how dark energy may have evolved

Starship live: Watch Musk launch sixth Starship test as Trump attends

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the sixth test flight of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. It aims to conduct the launch at...

World’s new fastest supercomputer is built to simulate nuclear bombs

The vast computational power of the El Capitan supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California will be used to support the US nuclear...

Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could show us...

The universe could vanish at any moment – why hasn’t it?

A cataclysmic quantum fluctuation could wipe out everything at any moment. The fact that we’re still here is revealing hidden cosmic realities

Quantum computers hit a crucial milestone for error-free calculation

The largest number of logical qubits has been linked through quantum entanglement, which is a key step towards quantum computers that can detect and...
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