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Melting permafrost makes ‘drunken forests’ store less carbon

A drunken forest in Alaska, where trees are tilting or collapsing to the ground due to permafrost meltGlobal Warming Images/Shutterstock…

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AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement

AI found a new way to entangle particles of lightluchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers…

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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought

A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been circulating worldwide since 2020ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images The H5N1 bird…

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Implant made with living neurons connects to mouse brains

This brain implant contains tens of thousands of lab-engineered neuronsScience Corporation An experimental brain implant containing tens of thousands of…

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New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together

A warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)Andrey Nekrasov / Alamy Stock Photo It may be the closest scientists have yet come…

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When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really begin?

People carrying out disinfection work at a market in Wuhan, where covid-19 is thought to have originated, in March 2020An…

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Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured by robots

A cockroach with an electronic backpack can be steered remotelyCourtesy of Hirotaka Sato, Nanyang Technological University A robotic arm that…

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Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models

The UK experienced a record-breaking heatwave in July 2022DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images We should brace for worse-than-expected heatwaves in…

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Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates

Someone’s kidneys could be a decade older, biologically, than their brainChristian Kitzmuller/Alamy Our organs appear to age at different rates,…

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The way Cheerios stick together has inspired a new kind of robot

A robot inspired by Cheerios releasing alcohol fuel with a fluorescent dyeJackson K. Wilt et al. 2024 The same phenomena…

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