The release in July 2024 of the blockbuster film Twisters (centred around a social-media celebrity storm-chaser) demonstrates an ongoing public fascination in hazards and extreme weather. The arrival of camera and streaming technologies have made it easier to collect and share such footage in recent years, resulting in often dramatic footage being live-streamed on platforms …

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A team of researchers had already been working with electricity price data for years before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, exploring statistics and developing forecasting methods. Now they zero in on how prices in different countries relate and how countries were affected by the energy crisis and address the interdependencies of different markets. Their approach combines …

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Cars carrying sensors and scanners have been touring UK cities collecting data to help property owners plan carbon-cutting retrofit projects ​Cars carrying sensors and scanners have been touring UK cities collecting data to help property owners plan carbon-cutting retrofit projects Cars carrying sensors and scanners have been touring UK cities collecting data to help property owners …

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Europe is set to regain its capacity to launch satellites into space when the Ariane 6 rocket finally flies after years of delays ​Europe is set to regain its capacity to launch satellites into space when the Ariane 6 rocket finally flies after years of delays Europe is set to regain its capacity to launch satellites …

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The technologies introduced by the Romans after they conquered Britain led to the kind of economic growth seen in the industrial age ​The technologies introduced by the Romans after they conquered Britain led to the kind of economic growth seen in the industrial age The technologies introduced by the Romans after they conquered Britain led to …

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Young, na ve starlings are looking for their wintering grounds independently of experienced conspecifics. Starlings are highly social birds throughout the year, but this does not mean that they copy the migration route from each other. By revisiting a classic ‘displacement’ experiment and by adding new data, a team of researchers have settled a long-lasting …

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Mathematicians ave put forward a hypothesis which suggests that the reason male mammals don’t breastfeed might be driven by the rich community of microbes that lives in breast milk and which plays an important part in establishing the gut microbiome of the infant. ​Mathematicians ave put forward a hypothesis which suggests that the reason male …

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An AI driver achieved faster lap times than the best humans in the video game Gran Turismo 7, and unlike previous versions, it only used information available to players ​An AI driver achieved faster lap times than the best humans in the video game Gran Turismo 7, and unlike previous versions, it only used information …

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