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SpaceX's efforts to make satellites less bright ar...
Megaconstellations of satellites are a problem for astronomy, and while SpaceX has made several atte...
Martian base on Earth set to host first ‘astronaut...
Four people will soon move into the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM) base in Arizona, where ...
Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be ...
Your biological age - a measure based on markers within your DNA, rather than your number of birthda...
Even a dead wolf is enough to scare a pig
Boars that encounter a wolf carcass will try to flee or fight the corpse, suggesting that sometimes ...
How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this we...
You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the Lyrids meteo...
Sci fi author Lavie Tidhar: Using Midjourney to ex...
AI tools can explore the ethics of AI itself, says Lavie Tidhar. His new dystopian film uses AI ima...
Google robot learns to sort the recyclables left i...
Robots have been roaming Google offices for two years, attempting to separate recyclable items from ...
Strange quantum effect observed in unusually large...
An object made of hundreds of atoms exhibits a quantum property normally only associated with very s...
ChatGPT agents are better at simulated role-play t...
AI agents powered by ChatGPT showed human-like planning and behaviour in simulations, demonstrating ...
AI-designed protein shells could make vaccines mor...
Protein shells designed using AI can work as carriers for immunity-inducing molecules, generating mo...
Elephant seals take power naps in the ocean while ...
Marine mammals use a variety of tricks to snooze at sea - elephant seals fall asleep and gradually d...
Inflatable drone can bounce off walls and perch on...
A quadcopter can use its inflatable body to land on a wide variety of objects. The collision-resista...
Nematode worms get the ‘munchies’ after having can...
Just like people, the simple nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans is driven to consume high-calorie ...
Weird dark matter waves seem to warp the light fro...
Ultralight dark matter particles that behave like waves, called axions, seem to be a better match fo...
SpaceX’s enormous Starship rocket finally launched...
The launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket, the biggest and most powerful to ever fly, didn't quite go a...
We finally know why insects are attracted to light...
Artificial light doesn’t actually attract insects but instead interferes with the control systems th...
2022 was Europe’s hottest summer but warmer years ...
Europe had the hottest summer on record and the second warmest year ever in 2022, according to the l...
People in China are the least likely to report bei...
In some countries, including China, people are more likely to report being right handed if they are ...
