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Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 12:00pm
Six teeth roughly 400,000 years old have yielded some of the first ancient proteins thought to belong to Homo erectus, providing molecular clues to their relationships with other hominins
Categories: Astronomy

Natural sunscreen found in fish eggs can be made by E. coli factories

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 12:00pm
Genetically altered bacteria can synthesise gadusol, a naturally occurring compound found in zebrafish eggs that could be developed as an alternative to existing sunscreen products that can harm marine life
Categories: Astronomy

New rules confirm public has a right to see how UK government uses AI

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 8:00am
Government departments and other public bodies in the UK must consider requests to release information about AI-produced content, regulators have confirmed. The move follows a successful request by New Scientist for the release of a minister's ChatGPT logs
Categories: Astronomy

Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 12:00pm
We’ve long tried to control the weather by engineering rainfall. Now such cloud-seeding efforts are escalating, creating conflict between countries and stoking conspiracy theories. But do they work?
Categories: Astronomy

Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 8:00am
Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit developers claim, according to a rigorous analysis
Categories: Astronomy