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Combining AI and Crispr Will Be Transformational

The genome-editing technology can be supercharged by...

The Climate-Driven Diaspora Is Here

In 2025, extreme weather will drive more...

The Fossil Fuels Conversation Needs a Hard Reset

The term “reducing emissions” has outlived its...

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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...

A unique pair of galactic lenses may help solve a cosmological riddle

Two massive galaxies are bending light from the same distant quasar, creating a so-called Einstein zigzag lens that could help astronomers pin down how...

How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans

It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the scientists who have studied her...

Weight-loss medications may also ease chronic pain

Popular semaglutide-based drugs used for weight loss may reduce chronic and acute pain, which could make them a promising alternative to opioids

Plumes of pollution from big factories can make it snow

Satellite images reveal that when conditions are right, the pollution from industrial hotspots can cause snow to fall downwind and punch holes in clouds

Twin spacecraft will launch to create an artificial solar eclipse

The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one creating an...

People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

Readers give higher ratings to AI-generated poetry than the works of poets such as William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson – perhaps because...

Bizarre test shows light can actually cast its own shadow

With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the...

Watch autonomous cars do doughnuts and drift sideways round corners

Driverless cars can now do doughnuts and drift like stunt drivers, skidding sideways around corners while maintaining control, which might help the cars recover...

Starship launch flight 6: When is Elon Musk’s SpaceX flight test?

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 as...

World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident

The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three...

Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema

Air pollution has been linked to eczema before, and now a study of more than 280,000 people has strengthened the association

12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools

Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making...

The dilemma of mining more metals so we can ditch fossil fuels

In his new book, Power Metal, journalist Vince Beiser provides a balanced briefing on the race for the resources that will shape our technological...

Major US art event explores the bonds between art and science

More than 70 exhibitions across Southern California are taking on the relationship between art and science, with compelling results
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