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The discovery that cancer hacks nerves could lead to fairer treatments
With rising cancer rates, we need more good news, and the latest finding that cancer interacts with the nervous system means cheap and readily available drugs could help
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Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts
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
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Mind-reading AI turns paralysed man's brainwaves into instant speech
A brain-computer interface has enabled a man with paralysis to have real-time conversations, without the usual delay in speech
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The man quietly spending $1 billion on climate action
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
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These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole
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
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Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents?
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
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'Impossible' particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter
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
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The arid air of Death Valley may actually be a valuable water source
An innovative device extracted a small glassful of water from the air of Death Valley desert over one day
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Meta's AI memorised books verbatim – that could cost it billions
Many AI models were trained on the text of books, but a new test found at least one model has directly memorised nearly the entirety of some books, including Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which could complicate ongoing legal battles over copyright infringement
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Ancient humans’ extraordinary journey to South America
Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the continent
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Gene editing could treat damage from 'irreversible' kidney disease
Using CRISPR to correct the mutations behind polycystic kidney disease could counter some of the damage the condition causes
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Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?
He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is revealing the surprising reasons why he was given such a lavish send-off
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IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029
The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade
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