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Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein rin...
Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but...
Astronomers have spotted the largest known object ...
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of...
Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no lo...
Pig gelatin can be used to make a robotic arm that safely biodegrades, rather than adding to landfil...
We are all bad at choosing random numbers in our o...
An experiment in which people were asked to choose random numbers or boxes on a grid, then do the sa...
Old fighter jets can be melted down and 3D printed...
Turning old fighter jets into a fine powder and using that to 3D print new components is a more sust...
Is Elon Musk's DOGE going to break decades-old US ...
Elon Musk's DOGE task force is reportedly being given unchecked access to the computers that run the...
Is the UK about to force Apple to reveal all of yo...
A report in The Washington Post says that the UK government has ordered Apple to reveal encrypted da...
Dexterous and light prosthetic hand can tie knots ...
A prosthetic hand that weighs about half that of a human hand also enables wearers to carry out intr...
The ocean is losing its ability to store heat as t...
Until now, 90 per cent of the excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions has been drawn down in...
AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to...
A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can passively harness light to perform AI computations...
Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble h...
The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human...
London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisi...
Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle Eas...
The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hou...
If you have the patience to repeatedly switch an egg between a hot and a colder pan, you'll be rewar...
New device can scan your face in 3D from hundreds ...
A lidar scanner has a resolution so high it can image ridges and indentations only 1 millimetre deep...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032 - how worr...
The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth seems to be creeping up as astronomers gather more data,...
Cuddling koalas show unexpected sociable side in s...
A group of male koalas were filmed grooming and playing together, in contrast to their solitary repu...
Scientists fear losing essential climate data duri...
A temporary loss of access to key datasets on levels of CO2 in the atmosphere added to concern about...
DeepSeek has burst the AI hype bubble – now all be...
The Chinese firm threatens the dominance of Silicon Valley’s AI elite, and its innovations show the ...
