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☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Deep-sea mining may soon ease the world’s battery-metal shortage

— July 2nd 2023 at 17:44
Taking nickel from rainforests destroys 30 times more life than getting it from the depths
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A new gravitational-wave detection has excited astronomers

— June 29th 2023 at 06:08
It could reveal giant black holes—or the beginnings of the universe
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A new TB vaccine could save 8.5m lives over the next quarter of a century

— June 28th 2023 at 16:00
But testing it will rely on the efforts of two charities
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions

— June 28th 2023 at 14:58
A new test could make it much easier
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Thousands of species of animals probably have consciousness

— June 28th 2023 at 12:58
A group of scientists are trying to track down how it works in the brain
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An acrimonious debate about covid’s origins will rumble on

— June 26th 2023 at 16:01
An American intelligence report says it could have come from a market—or a lab
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A risky cancer treatment can be modified to treat immune diseases

— June 22nd 2023 at 19:46
The key is to make the treatment temporary, not permanent
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Sweden wants to build an entire city from wood

— June 21st 2023 at 18:24
Modern timber buildings can be cheap, green and fireproof
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

The bigger-is-better approach to AI is running out of road

— June 21st 2023 at 18:23
If AI is to keep getting better, it will have to do more with less
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Study drugs make healthy people worse at problem-solving, not better

— June 20th 2023 at 17:17
Users try harder, but are less competent
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

The idea of “holobionts” represents a paradigm shift in biology

— June 14th 2023 at 17:37
These meta-organisms are made up of animals, plants, and the microbiota that live on and inside them
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

There’s more than one way to spay a cat

— June 14th 2023 at 17:33
A new injection could be a cheap, simple solution to a big problem
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A tiny, ancient hominin may have been surprisingly clever

— June 8th 2023 at 13:48
Small brains seem to be no barrier to culture and art
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

A new study asks whether racehorses have hit their genetic peak

— June 7th 2023 at 18:48
But the breeders trying to improve them may be missing a trick
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Reproduction without sex is more common than scientists thought

— June 7th 2023 at 18:47
Several vertebrates, including turkeys, snakes and now crocodiles, can do it without doing it
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Sucking a carbon-neutral fuel out of thin air

— June 7th 2023 at 18:46
To power future cars and planes
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

A Finnish firm thinks it can cut industrial carbon emissions by a third

— June 7th 2023 at 18:45
Running a turbine backwards can produce green heat
☐ ☆ ✇ Science & technology

Temperatures of 50°C will become much more common around the Mediterranean

— June 1st 2023 at 12:58
Spikes above 45°C are likely every year by 2100
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There is more than one way to make green steel

— May 31st 2023 at 18:22
Why electricity may be better than hydrogen
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