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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (15445863d) Humanoid robots compete in the 100-meters race at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China, 17 August, 2025. Humanoid robot 100-meters race finals, Beijing - 17 Aug 2025

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Running robot takes a tumble at China’s World Humanoid Robotic Games

The 100-metre sprint was won by a machine with a time of 21.50 seconds. It was one of many events at the games, which saw 280 competing teams from 16 countries.

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Physics

Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

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Life

Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction

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Technology

NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

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Health

Lesser-known food allergens are actually behind many serious reactions

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Physics

Flower-like origami patterns could inspire folding spacecraft

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Space

New moon discovered orbiting Uranus is its smallest one

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The man who received the brain stimulation, who had previously tried 20 treatments for his depression

Health

Brain implant lets man ‘experience joy’ for the first time in decades

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Health

Having radio waves beamed into our head ramps up our sense of smell

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Environment

Earth’s carbon sinks are being eroded by climate change feedback loops

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen an extra 15 parts per million since 1960 due to the declining ability of the land and sea to soak up excess CO2

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Technology

AI-generated responses are undermining crowdsourced research studies

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Environment

Unprecedented Arctic heatwave melted 1 per cent of Svalbard’s ice

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Life

How cocoa beans’ microbiomes are key to the finest chocolate flavours

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Physics

Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once

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