Can AI understand a flower without being able to touch or smell?
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Adhesive made from wood works in a standard glue gun
Glue guns typically use toxic petroleum-based adhesives Shutterstock/Ekaterina43 A by-product of the timber industry has been turned into…
Quantum computers are on the edge of revealing new particle physics
Quantum computers can simulate the behaviour of high-energy particles Google Quantum AI, designed by Sayo Studio Quantum computers…
Tuberculosis’s extraordinary evolution reveals why the ancient disease lives on
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Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain
Magnetic resonance imaging scan of a human brain Phanie/Sipa Press/Alamy A device that massages the face and neck…
Rivers are leaking ancient carbon back into the atmosphere
Rivers such as the Chuya in Russia can be a source of carbon dioxide and methane Parilov/Shutterstock Rivers…
Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics review: Great on physics, low on accessibility
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Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds
Could you run for 100 hours this year? How about just doing a little more than 15 minutes…
Unequal review: A book exploring mathematical “equality” helps with real world
Numbers allow us to focus on one aspect of a situation in detail, but can also oversimplify things…
Why nobody is neurodiverse and nobody is neurotypical
Language is how we make sense of the world: it gives form to abstract concepts and influences our…