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Environment

Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models

Comparing historical heat extremes with climate simulations has revealed that in parts of the world the models are underestimating how extreme heatwaves are getting

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Technology

Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured by robots

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Image of Mars showing the Acidalia Planitia as a darker region towards the top right

Space

Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground

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Technology

The way Cheerios stick together has inspired a new kind of robot

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Comparison between fossil footprints thought to be from Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei

Humans

Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side

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Technology

Electric Dreams is past echo of today’s debates on AI-generated art

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Technology

Social media algorithms can change your views in just a single day

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Technology

AI can analyse a decomposing body to help pinpoint the time of death

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Health

A little bit of fear can bring down levels of inflammation in the body

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Health

Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

Three people in North America without known animal exposures have tested positive for the bird flu virus H5N1, and samples from two of them suggest the virus is adapting to humans

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Earth

Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters

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Technology

Robot balloons are snapping centimetre-resolution photos of the US

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Technology

How could Ukraine stop Russia’s new Oreshnik missile?

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Life

Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs’ rise to power

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