What do I do with expired medicine? Don’t use it, for a start…
When last did a headache have you reaching into your medicine cabinet – and finding…
How the human neck became a locus of power, beauty and frailty
I broke its neck. When making a vase at the potter’s wheel, I torqued its…
Are animals smart? From dolphin language to toolmaking crows, lots of species have obvious intelligence
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A 380-million-year-old fossil ‘fish’ from Scotland has been discovered in Australia
Queensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia’s largest back-boned animals – dinosaurs, of course,…
Erotica, gore and racism: how America’s war on ‘ideological bias’ is letting AI off the leash
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Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a…
AI-generated influencers: A new wave of cultural exploitation
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Microsoft just claimed a quantum breakthrough. A quantum physicist explains what it means
Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device…
Your pupils change size as you breathe – here’s why this new discovery is important
You have probably heard the saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul,…
Legal fight against AI-generated child pornography is complicated – a legal scholar explains why, and how the law could catch up
The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was shaken by revelations in December 2023 that two local…