The 2023 breach of the Kakhovka dam drained a huge reservoir and exposed a vast area of toxic sediment, creating a debate about how best to rebuild after the Russia-Ukraine war The 2023 breach of the Kakhovka dam drained a huge reservoir and exposed a vast area of toxic sediment, creating a debate about how …
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A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods has found they were all greyish-brown in colour, which would have helped them hide from dinosaurs A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods has found they were all greyish-brown in colour, which …
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Bones dating back 25,000 years suggest that humans lived in extremely icy conditions in Tibet, which were previously thought to be uninhabitable Bones dating back 25,000 years suggest that humans lived in extremely icy conditions in Tibet, which were previously thought to be uninhabitable Bones dating back 25,000 years suggest that humans lived in extremely icy …
Ancient humans lived in an ‘uninhabitable’ climate 25,000 years ago Read More »
New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK’s technology secretary, in what is believed to be a world-first use of such legislation New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK’s technology secretary, in what is …
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New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK’s technology secretary, in what is believed to be a world-first use of such legislation New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK’s technology secretary, in what is …
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A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos A mission …
Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos Read More »
Whether social media sites police their platforms using humans or algorithms, content moderation isn’t keeping users safe, says Jess Brough Whether social media sites police their platforms using humans or algorithms, content moderation isn’t keeping users safe, says Jess Brough Whether social media sites police their platforms using humans or algorithms, content moderation isn’t keeping users …
Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media Read More »
NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the presence of hot water NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the presence of hot water NASA’s Perseverance rover found …
Quartz crystals on Mars could preserve signs of ancient life Read More »
To reduce the growing risk of intense wildfires, California is cutting and burning the areas that fuel them – but these efforts may be moving too slowly To reduce the growing risk of intense wildfires, California is cutting and burning the areas that fuel them – but these efforts may be moving too slowly To reduce …
California isn’t clearing forests fast enough to tame wildfires Read More »
Saturn has dozens of new moons, bringing it to a total of 274. All of the new moons are between 2 and 4 kilometres wide, but at what point is a rock too small to be a moon? Saturn has dozens of new moons, bringing it to a total of 274. All of the new …
Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined Read More »