The U.S. National Science Foundation has begun construction on the Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF), a cutting-edge facility led by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) that will… ​The U.S. National Science Foundation has begun construction on the Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF), a cutting-edge facility led by …

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Exhausted by today’s political and environmental instability, Annalee Newitz investigated what a future Earth might look like. Get ready for green mining, soft cities and robo-taxis ​Exhausted by today’s political and environmental instability, Annalee Newitz investigated what a future Earth might look like. Get ready for green mining, soft cities and robo-taxis Exhausted by today’s political …

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Horse therapy helps people with Alzheimer’s disease socialise and improves their mood to a greater extent than music therapy, which is more established for supporting people with dementia ​Horse therapy helps people with Alzheimer’s disease socialise and improves their mood to a greater extent than music therapy, which is more established for supporting people with …

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Adding a polymer-alcohol mixture to menstrual pads causes blood to solidify, rather than being absorbed, which could ward off leaks ​Adding a polymer-alcohol mixture to menstrual pads causes blood to solidify, rather than being absorbed, which could ward off leaks Adding a polymer-alcohol mixture to menstrual pads causes blood to solidify, rather than being absorbed, which …

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When we lose a loved one, it has a profound effect on our bodies. Taking our grief outside offers us better healing in the long term than shutting it away, says Ruth Allen ​When we lose a loved one, it has a profound effect on our bodies. Taking our grief outside offers us better healing …

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Within a group of decision-makers, the longer it takes someone to make a choice, the less likely they are to be influenced by their inherent biases according to a mathematical model ​Within a group of decision-makers, the longer it takes someone to make a choice, the less likely they are to be influenced by their …

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Two lions, one missing a leg, made a 1.5-kilometre swim through crocodile-infested waters in Uganda, probably in order to mate with females ​Two lions, one missing a leg, made a 1.5-kilometre swim through crocodile-infested waters in Uganda, probably in order to mate with females Two lions, one missing a leg, made a 1.5-kilometre swim through crocodile-infested …

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Several nations around the world have placed arbitrary limits on the export of quantum computers, despite today’s devices having little practical use. The restrictions are counterproductive and at odds with the scientific method ​Several nations around the world have placed arbitrary limits on the export of quantum computers, despite today’s devices having little practical use. …

Governments bans on quantum computer exports have no basis in science Read More »

DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible for the Neolithic decline in northern Europe ​DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible for the Neolithic decline in northern Europe DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible …

The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago Read More »