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There has been an explosion in nutritional supplements that promise a superior product because they…
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A substance called antimatter is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of…
Driverless cars could be a revolution for people with disabilities – but they also have good reason to be worried
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Unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage
Meteorites – fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery…
Does AI have a right to free speech? Only if it supports our right to free thought
The world has witnessed breathtaking advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI), with ChatGPT being one…
Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science
Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and…
New study shows we can create value from food waste by turning it into a highly desirable material – nanocellulose
Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted each…
What are APIs? A computer scientist explains the data sockets that make digital life possible
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the gateways to the digital world. They link a…
From stock markets to brain scans, new research harmonises hundreds of scientific methods to understand complex systems
Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate…