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Does DeepSeek show a way to slash the energy demands of...

The success of Chinese firm DeepSeek suggests tech companies can train and run p...

Is recycled plastic in utensils and toys really a big h...

A numerical error in a scientific paper created alarm around the chemicals in bl...

How polar bears stop ice from freezing on their fur

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-re...

Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaa...

New type of brain cell may tell us when to stop eating

Mice have neurons that can be controlled to stop them eating - and people probab...

Amazing plesiosaur fossil preserves its skin and scales

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like...

Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical...

Dexterous and light prosthetic hand can tie knots and c...

A prosthetic hand that weighs about half that of a human hand also enables weare...

The ocean is losing its ability to store heat as the pl...

Until now, 90 per cent of the excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions ha...

AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to deco...

A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can passively harness light to per...

London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisingly ...

Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolv...

We are all bad at choosing random numbers in our own un...

An experiment in which people were asked to choose random numbers or boxes on a ...

Is Elon Musk's DOGE going to break decades-old US gover...

Elon Musk's DOGE task force is reportedly being given unchecked access to the co...

Is the UK about to force Apple to reveal all of your en...

A report in The Washington Post says that the UK government has ordered Apple to...

Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atm...

Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise...

Elusive phase change finally spotted in a quantum simul...

Researchers saw a chain of atoms in a quantum simulator go from being magnetic t...

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