Systems that humans depend on could collapse if we don’t take action to address groundwater depletion, melting glaciers and space debris, according to a UN report ​Systems that humans depend on could collapse if we don’t take action to address groundwater depletion, melting glaciers and space debris, according to a UN report Systems that humans depend …

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Researchers have identified neurons in mice that influence whether the animals experience motion sickness, which could lead to new ways of preventing the condition in humans ​Researchers have identified neurons in mice that influence whether the animals experience motion sickness, which could lead to new ways of preventing the condition in humans Researchers have identified neurons …

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Electrolysers that split water to produce hydrogen have trouble working with seawater, but overcoming this would offer new ways to produce the clean-burning fuel using offshore renewable energy ​Electrolysers that split water to produce hydrogen have trouble working with seawater, but overcoming this would offer new ways to produce the clean-burning fuel using offshore renewable …

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Months of high temperatures and low rainfall are taking their toll on wildlife and people living along the Amazon river, and climate change could bring more extreme conditions ​Months of high temperatures and low rainfall are taking their toll on wildlife and people living along the Amazon river, and climate change could bring more extreme …

Pink river dolphins are dying from extreme heat in the Amazon Read More »

Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity ​Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity 

All the weather models forecasted that Otis would make landfall as a tropical storm, but instead it intensified into a Category 5 hurricane ​All the weather models forecasted that Otis would make landfall as a tropical storm, but instead it intensified into a Category 5 hurricane All the weather models forecasted that Otis would make landfall …

Hurricane Otis rapidly intensified – why was it so hard to predict? Read More »

Smart glasses that play a specific noise when an object comes into their field of view, such as the sound of a page turning to represent a book, enable people who are blind to locate that item ​Smart glasses that play a specific noise when an object comes into their field of view, such as …

Smart glasses that play sounds help people who are blind find objects Read More »

Very few non-human animals have passed the mirror self-recognition test, but roosters have now succeeded at a modified version, which may mean they can understand that a reflection represents their own body ​Very few non-human animals have passed the mirror self-recognition test, but roosters have now succeeded at a modified version, which may mean they …

Roosters may be able to recognise themselves in a mirror Read More »

Different measures of distractibility could be combined into a single “d score” to assess if someone may have ADHD ​Different measures of distractibility could be combined into a single “d score” to assess if someone may have ADHD Different measures of distractibility could be combined into a single “d score” to assess if someone may have …

ADHD could be spotted by a score showing if you’re easily distracted Read More »

Six AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, were exploited to write code capable of damaging commercial databases – although OpenAI appears to have now fixed the vulnerability ​Six AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, were exploited to write code capable of damaging commercial databases – although OpenAI appears to have now fixed the vulnerability Six AI tools, including …

ChatGPT wrote code that can make databases leak sensitive information Read More »