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A new book argues that revenge is an addiction – but doesn't convince
Recovering "revenge addict" James Kimmel Jr. makes the case for retaliation to be understood as an addiction in new book The Science of Revenge. It's compelling, but doesn't quite add up
Categories: Astronomy
Forget superintelligence – we need to tackle 'stupid' AI first
Tech CEOs and politicians alike are preparing for the day that superintelligent AI takes over, whilst failing to deal with the issues in front of them – from copyright to autonomous killing machines
Categories: Astronomy
Why Lyme disease and other tick-borne conditions are on the rise
Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry
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Tick-borne diseases are booming – but we have new ways to fight them
Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry
Categories: Astronomy
Morse code messages can be trapped in bubbles within blocks of ice
Assigning certain sizes, shapes and positions of bubbles to characters within Morse and binary codes means messages could be stored in ice
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World's farmers won't be able to keep up with climate change
Even if agricultural practices adapt in response to higher temperatures, five of the world's six main staple crops will suffer severe losses due to climate change
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Australian moths use the stars as a compass on 1000-km migrations
Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves
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We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like
A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA finally have a face
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Asteroid on collision course with moon could fire shrapnel at Earth
Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites
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Why you should join a watch party for the first Vera C. Rubin images
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is releasing its first images on 23 June, showing us galaxies as we’ve never seen them before. Here’s how you can join a party to see those shots in full definition
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UK should expect summers above 40°C in next decade, warns Met Office
Meteorologists say that in the next decade, summer daytime temperatures above 28°C could persist for more than a month, with spikes as high as 46.6°C possible under today’s climate conditions
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Ancient monstersaur had 'goblin-like' teeth and sheddable tail
The discovery of a prehistoric tail-shedding reptile reveals more about large lizard life and lineage during the Late Cretaceous Epoch
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Could reusable rockets make solar geoengineering less risky?
Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere – but at higher altitudes than planes can reach – could cool the climate while avoiding some of the downsides of lower-altitude solar geoengineering
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Biotech firm aims to create ‘ChatGPT of biology’ – will it work?
A UK biotech firm spent years gathering genetic data that has uncovered 1 million previously unknown microbial species and billions of newly identified genes – but even this trove of data may not be enough to train an AI biologist
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Cryopreserved sea star larvae could enable vital species to recover
Sea star larvae have been stored at -200°C and thawed for the first time, a step towards restoring populations that have been ravaged by disease
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Your forgotten memories continue to influence the choices you make
We might not think we remember something, but attempting to recall it still fires up activity in our brain linked to memory, which seems to direct our behaviours
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The surprisingly big impact the small intestine has on your health
The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in appetite, metabolism and the microbiome – and how to look after it better
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Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island
According to scientific legend, quantum mechanics was born on the island of Helgoland in 1925. A hundred years later, physicists are still debating the true nature of this strange theory - and recently returned to the island to discuss its future
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The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift
A gaggle of companies are searching the US Midwest for underground hydrogen fuel produced by a billion-year-old split in the continent – New Scientist visited one of the first to start drilling
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The Milky Way's black hole may be spinning at top speed
Using machine learning to analyse data from the Event Horizon Telescope, researchers found the black hole at the centre of our galaxy is spinning almost as fast as possible
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