Google has announced a new collection of artificial intelligence research developments spanning healthcare, disaster forecasting, scientific discovery and business analytics, including tools designed to help researchers predict flash floods, support clinical consultations
A Neanderthal who died from a penetrating spear wound about 75,000 years ago had previously survived a severe facial injury that may have required prolonged care from others, according to a study of remains discovered in a cave in northern
Billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules lie scattered across the Pacific seabed between Mexico and Hawaii, as deep as 6,000 metres below the surface. The
Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Biologists have begun to “listen” to plants, deciphering the electrical signals they emit when under attack by pests or pathogens, according to recent research from Syngenta in Basel, Switzerland. Using machine learning
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Police in Catania say a dog has been caught on CCTV allegedly trained by its owner to dump rubbish illegally, highlighting growing fly-tipping problems in the city. Security footage from the San
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Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new Spinosaurus species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the Sahara Desert of Niger, the first significant cranial material found in over a century. The discovery, made in
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For decades, autism research has focused almost entirely on children, early intervention, and education. Now, a rapidly growing population of older autistic adults is exposing a major blind spot in global health
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In a breakthrough that blurs the line between life and viral machinery, scientists have demonstrated that a giant virus can seize control of its host’s protein-production system, forcing cells to churn out
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The brain has long been considered an organ walled off from the rest of the body, shielded by layers of membranes called the meninges. Now, research published today in Nature reveals that
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Japan’s OHISAMA demonstration satellite is scheduled for launch in fiscal 2026, embarking on an ambitious mission to wirelessly deliver solar power from space to Earth for the first time. Unlike earlier experiments
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Chinese researchers have developed an ultra-low-temperature lithium battery capable of operating reliably in extreme cold, marking a significant technological advance that could reshape how energy is stored and used in some of
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Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence that the first humans to inhabit the High Arctic were not merely surviving at the edge of the world, but actively transforming it. Newly discovered archaeological sites
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In the fjords of northern British Columbia, humpback whales execute one of nature’s most extraordinary cooperative hunting techniques: bubble-net feeding. A group of whales dives beneath a shoal of herring, with one
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For decades, the idea that machines might one day think like humans belonged to the realm of science fiction and philosophical debate. Now, according to a growing body of evidence examined in
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Chinese researchers have developed an all-superconducting user magnet capable of producing a central magnetic field of 35.6 teslas — more than 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field — setting a new
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A new academic study has found that artificial intelligence systems can reproduce subjective and biased views about places, after ChatGPT judged Cambridge to be harder-working and happier than its historic rival Oxford.
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Scientists have observed a supermassive black hole that appears to have reactivated after a nearly 100 million-year hiatus, unleashing powerful jets of plasma once again and reshaping its surrounding cosmic environment. The
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The idea of an artificial intelligence that can independently design, run, and analyze scientific experiments has long hovered at the edge of speculation. Now it is moving decisively into reality. A group
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