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Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 2:00pm
We need to think about the purpose of noise in our daily lives and environments. Chris Stokel-Walker discovers a great guide in Chris Berdik's Clamor
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I'm a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 2:00pm
Inveterate cyclist Matt Sparkes, who has been knocked off his bike by human-driven cars several times, wonders if the arrival of driverless cars in London is a good thing - or a bad one
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Anyone keen on a cat cryptocoin? Anyone?

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback is horrified to discover that the owner of one of the internet's favourite cats, Pépito, has taken the crypto route…
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We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 2:00pm
Free and unimpeded internet access is no longer a convenience or a luxury. It is high time it was made a human right enshrined in law, says philosopher Merten Reglitz
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Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 2:00pm
Rearing our unusually underdeveloped young may account for the evolution of language. Michael Marshall is intrigued, but wants more evidence from Madeleine Beekman's The Origin of Language
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A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 2:00pm
Psychiatric medicine hasn't changed much since the 1960s. Could blocking the effects of chronic inflammation on the brain be the step change we need?
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Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 12:00pm
Frank Wilczek has one of the most brilliant and original minds in theoretical physics, having come up with the idea of time crystals among much else. Where is his curiosity taking him now?
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Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 12:00pm
A 1989 experiment offered the promise of nuclear fusion without the need for high temperatures, but this "cold fusion" was quickly debunked. Now, some of the techniques involved have been resurrected in a new experiment that could actually improve efforts to achieve practical fusion power
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Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 12:00pm
A dietary supplement made from engineered yeast could help honeybees thrive despite the declining availability of high-quality pollen in their environment
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NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 10:00am
An AI model trained on years of data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory can predict the sun’s future appearance and potentially flag dangerous solar flares
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Lesser-known food allergens are actually behind many serious reactions

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 4:01am
Foods like goat or sheep milk and buckwheat are behind many cases of severe allergic reactions, but may not be listed as such on a product's label
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Flower-like origami patterns could inspire folding spacecraft

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 8:01pm
Engineers have developed a class of origami structures that unfold in one smooth motion to create flower-like shapes, which could have applications in space
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New moon discovered orbiting Uranus is its smallest one

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 2:20pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon that is small and dim in orbit around Uranus. The discovery brings the planet's total to 29, and scientists say there are probably more to be found
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Brain implant lets man 'experience joy' for the first time in decades

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 2:00pm
A device that has been likened to a pacemaker for the brain has given a man with severe depression great relief
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Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:00pm
Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids. Innovative solutions are poised to turn the crisis around
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Having radio waves beamed into our head ramps up our sense of smell

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:00pm
Directing radio waves at the olfactory system deep within our head seems to boost our ability to detect different smells
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Earth's carbon sinks are being eroded by climate change feedback loops

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 11:00am
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen an extra 15 parts per million since 1960 due to the declining ability of the land and sea to soak up excess CO2
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AI-generated responses are undermining crowdsourced research studies

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 4:00am
Many answers to online research questions show signs of being generated by AI chatbots, raising doubts about the validity of behavioural data collected this way
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Unprecedented Arctic heatwave melted 1 per cent of Svalbard's ice

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 4:00pm
A six-week period of extraordinary heat in 2024 melted 62 gigatonnes of ice on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, obliterating all previous melt records
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Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's how to calm it

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00pm
From depression to dementia, we are now realising the profound impacts of long-term inflammation on the brain. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is unlocking new treatments to protect our cognitive function and mental health
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