Current quantum computers are highly prone to errors, making them unlikely to be of practical use, but an artificial intelligence that spots..
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The UH-60 Black Hawk, workhorse of US Army aviation, was flown with no crew for the first time this week, after being fitted with an automat..
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An AI trained to win the PlayStation 4 game Gran Turismo Sport has beaten some of the world's best players by learning to handle the most di..
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After completing a human trial of modified pig skin grafts last year, a team in China hopes to start the first pig organ transplant trial la..
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The barn owl’s tail has a surprisingly important role to play in making the bird more aerodynamic
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Bitcoin is a digital currency which operates free of any central control or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead it relies on peer
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Differences in how DNA repair genes are expressed as a result of environmental impacts may help to explain why Black women in the US have a ..
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A sustainable future means using less stuff more wisely – but politicians aren’t yet grasping the nettle, says the head of the UN Internatio..
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Northrop Grumman makes depleted uranium rounds for the US Army, but has made a surprise announcement it will no longer do so, suggesting the..
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Leading surgeon David Cooper talks about the dawn of a new era of transplantation in which organs for human transplants come from geneticall..
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A new website based on the latest scientific research offers people an indication of how their dietary choices can affect their lifespan
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A new technique called sonogenetics uses ultrasound to switch on and off genetically altered brain cells. It has been successfully tested in..
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When people who weren’t getting enough sleep took measures to sleep for longer, they ate fewer calories per day and lost weight without chan..
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Chimps at Loango National Park in Gabon apply small winged insects to their wounds in an apparent form of self-medication, but it is unclear..
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A new global analysis suggests glaciers in the Andes contain less ice than we thought – but the glaciers of the Himalayas are thicker
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2307363-thin-glaciers-suggest-andes-faces-peak-water-sooner-than-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Caribbean communities, and we now know it had an impact on monkeys too - macaques that lived through the..
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Sparrows on a collection of Canadian islands change their behaviour when they fear predators are nearby, and an experiment shows this reduce..
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People with complete paralysis from the waist down following spinal cord injuries have regained some control over their legs with a spinal i..
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It is time for geology to embrace our sustainable future and, in turn, be accorded the respect it deserves as a discipline crucial to unders..
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Dogs’ urine and faeces bring large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus into suburban nature reserves, which could be harmful to plant biodive..
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The temperature swings of spring can prove fatal to young plants. A simple home-made device could be the answer, says Clare Wilson
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The "rolling stop" feature introduced by Tesla in October meant that cars rolled past stop signs instead of stopping, as many states require..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2307147-tesla-recalls-50000-cars-that-disobey-stop-signs-in-self-driving-mode/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Central American country's experimental adoption of bitcoin has been beset by problems including identity theft and missing funds. Now t..
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As the south pole warms rapidly, gentoos are setting up home in previously inhospitable locations, as this photograph by Tomás Munita reveals
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Rogue black holes are usually detected by the matter falling into them, but the first truly isolated black hole has been found because of th..
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Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as those sung in English even though there are significant cultural differences in musical tone ..
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The new variant has been found mainly in the Netherlands and it is more infectious, but it can be detected with existing tests and responds ..
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Lakes across the world have seen an increase in algal blooms that strangle freshwater ecosystems, according to an analysis of satellite imag..
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More than 30 per cent of deaths in England among over-30s from Bangladeshi, Black African or Pakistani ethnic groups since 2020 have involve..
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From how food is grown to how we generate power, Vaclav Smil's new book outlines the basic technologies that keep society going and commands..
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Malawi has the highest rate of premature births in the world, but a study suggests a simple intervention with sugar-free chewing gum can red..
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Researchers have used the strongest magnetic field ever measured to search for exotic particles called magnetic monopoles, but they came up ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306763-strongest-ever-magnetic-field-fails-to-make-predicted-exotic-particles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

People who get weird sensations in their head and neck when they watch soothing videos are more likely to be anxious – but the tingles may g..
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Wounds in the gut can cause dangerous infections, but a sticky medical dressing can patch them up and allow them to heal
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306925-medical-dressing-works-like-duct-tape-to-seal-internal-wounds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A flying robot with wings controlled by an electric field instead of heavy motors and gears slightly outperforms insect muscles
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2307069-flying-robot-generates-as-much-power-as-a-flapping-insect/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Two people who were among the first to get CAR-T cells as blood cancer treatment still have descendants of the cells in their bodies that ar..
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Lung cancer screening has always been expensive, but a simple blood test that detects lipids associated with tumours may offer a cheaper alt..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306773-cheap-blood-test-detects-lung-cancer-at-an-early-and-treatable-stage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Evenlode in Oxfordshire, UK, has been plagued by pollution, but farmers, the water industry and local volunteers are working together to..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306097-how-a-cotswolds-river-may-show-the-way-to-clean-up-englands-waterways/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

AI company DeepMind has built a tool that can create working code to solve complex software challenges
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306820-deepmind-has-made-software-writing-ai-that-rivals-average-human-coder/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide pollution have fallen sharply in Hong Kong since it introduced a world-first scheme to detect and repair ..
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Water flows mysteriously well through narrow carbon nanotubes, but now there is an explanation: it may all be due to quantum friction
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306900-quantum-friction-explains-strange-way-water-flows-through-nanotubes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A DNA analysis of cervical cells taken from routine smear tests could identify people who might benefit from additional screening for ovaria..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306655-cervical-swabs-could-identify-people-at-high-risk-of-ovarian-cancer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The shift to early flowering in the UK is greater for smaller plants than trees and shrubs, and is related to warming temperatures in winter..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306602-uks-spring-flowers-are-blooming-a-month-early-due-to-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Cooler regions of the sea that protect coral reefs will be virtually wiped out by the end of this century, even under optimistic climate cha..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306727-safe-havens-for-coral-reefs-will-disappear-with-2c-of-global-warming/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Baboons are sociable primates, but females that had a tough early life – because of the loss of their mother or a lack of food – find social..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306725-female-baboons-that-had-a-tough-infancy-are-less-sociable-as-adults/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Genetically identical fruit flies raised in the same environment still learn at different rates, suggesting that random differences in brain..
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