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Category: Science
Will the IPCC report help focus politicians' minds on c...
The recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change outlined the significant carbon cuts needed to avoid the worst ...
UK plan to boost hydrogen production relies on fossil f...
Production of hydrogen from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage has been given the UK government’s backing, despite conce...
Covid-19: Lockdown not enough to stop Australia’s delta...
After being relatively untouched by the pandemic, Sydney, Australia, is now in the midst of its worst covid-19 outbreak, which is ...
VPNs could be vulnerable to attacks that send you to fa...
Virtual private networks (VPNs), which have seen a rise in use as more people work from home, are vulnerable to an attack that rem...
Tiny human brain grown in lab has eye-like structures t...
Small blobs of human brain grown in a dish have been coaxed into forming rudimentary eyes that respond to light. They could help u...
Male chimps with more friends are more likely to have o...
Male chimpanzees with stronger social bonds have higher reproductive success, probably because their friendships help them climb t...
Colombia's peace treaty accidentally sparks increase in...
The end of Colombia's civil war in 2016 unwittingly caused an increase in deforestation across the country as Marxist guerrillas n...
Humanitarian aid guided by satellite data may harm marg...
Policy-makers can use satellite data to quickly identify areas of the world in need of humanitarian aid, but it might contain bias...
Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its mod...
A 500-million-year-old comb jelly is so well-preserved that it’s possible to see it had a nervous system more complex than that of...
Ancient dog faeces show how our canine friends became o...
Gut microbes helped ancient dogs eat starch-rich food when farming led to a change in diet for people and their animals, an analys...
Snake-like robot could explore Saturn’s icy moon Encela...
A snake-like robot made of giant screws and flexible joints that can travel across hard or loose surfaces and worm into tiny space...
Do you phub? Ignoring friends for your phone is linked ...
You are more likely to regularly participate in "phubbing", or looking at your phone while in the company of others, if you have a...