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Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:16pm
Implants that monitor the neural activity of frog embryos as they grow into tadpoles and then adults could offer a window into the developing brain
Categories: Astronomy

Mind-reading AI turns paralysed man's brainwaves into instant speech

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
A brain-computer interface has enabled a man with paralysis to have real-time conversations, without the usual delay in speech
Categories: Astronomy

The man quietly spending $1 billion on climate action

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
From geoengineering to anti-methane cow vaccines and green aviation fuel, meet the former nuclear physicist helping to decide which climate change technologies hold the most promise
Categories: Astronomy

These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:00am
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a tilted orbit around the sun, letting it take some unusual pictures
Categories: Astronomy

Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents?

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:00am
With tech giants like Google developing ways for AI models to communicate and work together, there are fears that smaller players could get left behind in the rush to unleash AI agents on the internet
Categories: Astronomy

'Impossible' particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 8:09am
We may already have had our first-ever encounter with dark matter, according to researchers who say a mysteriously high-energy particle detected in 2023 is not a neutrino after all, but something far stranger
Categories: Astronomy

The arid air of Death Valley may actually be a valuable water source

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 6:00am
An innovative device extracted a small glassful of water from the air of Death Valley desert over one day
Categories: Astronomy