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Environment

Extreme heat hampers children’s early learning

Children regularly exposed to temperatures over 30°C (86°F) have lower scores on literacy and numeracy tests at age 3 to 4, according to UNICEF data from six countries

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Mathematics

Mathematicians discover a strange new infinity

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A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Space

Comet 3I/ATLAS from beyond solar system carries key molecule for life

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Health

Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immune system

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Members of the Tsimané group

Humans

Hunter-gatherer groups are much less egalitarian than they seem

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Physics

Quantum experiment settles a century-old row between Einstein and Bohr

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Technology

How Australian teens are planning to get around their social media ban

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voters in the United States

Technology

AI can influence voters’ minds. What does that mean for democracy?

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Robotic machine manufacturing semiconductor chip

Technology

Why is AI making computers and games consoles more expensive?

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Environment

Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from eastern Europe, and this may have carried in the plague bacterium

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Life

Tigers seem to be bouncing back in remote Sumatran jungle

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Life

Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize

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Health

Experimental vaccine prevents dangerous allergic attack for a year

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Life

IUCN report finds more African forest elephants than we thought

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