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The history of spying shows that many agencies have experimented with using animals for undercover work to gather information.
The first survey since the 1970s into the plants that grow in the cracks in limestone pavements has thrown up some fascinating results.
The US could open up domestic mining, or try to recover more of the minerals through recycling of electronic waste.
Techniques like machine learning will give these simulations greater predictive power.
Designed in the early 2000s to stop rogue bots, we could at least justify the infuriation when they did their job properly.
Will your aunt steal the show and make it all about her?
Human biology is vastly more energy efficient than today’s computing.
Research suggests people judge information received by voice as more credible, even if the sources are shaky.
There is a rise in heterosexual prospective parents having a child outside a romantic relationship.
Bacteria that are mirror images of existing ones could evade our immune systems, causing serious illness.
Intel and the Chips Act were supposed to hold the key to a new era in integrated chip manufacturing, but they have failed.
Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? The idea of settling the red planet has been around for decades. However, it has been seen by sceptics as a…
Just like volcanologists monitor volcano activity to predict eruptions, astronomers can monitor stars to predict explosions.
As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the environment.
Elliptical galaxies have long provided a headache for astronomers.
As many as 39% of academics answering a Swedish survey reported experiences of threats or harassment in some form during their academic careers.
Language models are likely to have an important impact on how we live and work in future, but they’ve also been around longer than many realise.
Reading can change the brain.
Businesses are using AI to boost productivity and reduce costs.
Heap seeks to enhance her music and connect with fans in a way that challenges common fears about AI replacing human artistry and creativity.
It’s impossible to predict a specific tremor. But long-term forecasts mean we can be prepared.
A philosopher argues that children benefit both from the Santa fiction and from the eventual realisation that it’s not true.
How apes make sense of actions is shedding new light on the evolution of a key component of human language.
A well-known book or episode can provide comfort in a world full of strange new things.