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Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests
An excavation on Timor reveals humans first settled on the island 44,000 years ago, long after the earliest occupation of Australia – suggesting migration to the latter took another route
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Cattle used for cuddling therapy may prefer women over men
Cattle seem to be more willing to lick and accept food from women, and are more likely to act aggressively around men
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Cows used for cuddling therapy may prefer women over men
Cows seem to be more willing to lick and accept food from women, and are more likely to act aggressively around men
Categories: Astronomy
X-ray laser fires most powerful pulse ever recorded
The Linac Coherent Light Source in California fired an X-ray pulse that lasted only a few hundred billionths of a billionth of a second but carried nearly a terawatt of power
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Why we still don't know exactly how bird flu is spreading between cows
Early evidence suggests that a bird flu virus called H5N1 may be infecting dairy cows through contaminated milking equipment – but poor surveillance has made it nearly impossible to rule out other possibilities
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What are fractals and how can they help us understand the world?
Fractals are common in nature because of the surprisingly simple way they are made. Mathematically, they also help us make sense of complexity and chaos – and maybe even quantum weirdness
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What is artificial general intelligence, and is it a useful concept?
The world's biggest AI companies have made artificial general intelligence, or AGI, their goal. But it isn't always clear what AGI means, and there is debate about whether it is a valuable idea
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What neurodiversity means for psychiatrists and the people they help
Neurodiversity reframes neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD as differences to be embraced rather than treated – but that doesn’t mean abandoning diagnosis and intervention altogether
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Snow and rising sea levels may have triggered Japan's earthquake swarm
In an ongoing swarm of earthquakes that began hitting Japan in 2020, the shifting weight of surface water may have spurred the shaking
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Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics
With tentative evidence for long-lasting quantum phenomena inside cells, researchers are beginning to rethink what we need to look for to find clinching evidence of quantum biology
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Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean
Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust after studying how limestone naturally dissolves in the ocean
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OpenAI’s chatbot shows racial bias in advising home buyers and renters
ChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, showing prejudices reflecting generations of housing discrimination in the US
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