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Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the…
the insects that cosplay bumblebees
Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their…
Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science
Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
How dark stars could illuminate the early universe
Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early…
Fern stems reveal secrets of evolution – how constraints in development can lead to new forms
There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These…
One university boosted gender diversity in advanced maths by over 30% in 5 years – here’s how
As the artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing industries explode, trained STEM professionals are in…
Can bigger-is-better ‘scaling laws’ keep AI improving forever? History says we can’t be too sure
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman – perhaps the most prominent face of the artificial intelligence…
Online shopping from 22% to 91% across EU regions – News articles
In 2024, there were 23 EU regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial…
How synthetic data can make urban digital twins more humane
When city leaders talk about making a town “smart,” they’re usually talking about urban digital…
Could a national, public ‘CanGPT’ be Canada’s answer to ChatGPT?
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini and others reshape the digital…