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Table tennis-playing robot on track to becoming wo...
A robot built by Sony AI is rapidly learning how to beat the world's very best table tennis players
Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more h...
Exercise has been touted as a tool for managing and treating long covid, but much of the evidence ha...
Fermat's Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 3...
Simon Singh's exploration of mathematical proof – in particular Pierre de Fermat's last theorem – re...
If a bird flu pandemic starts, we may have an mRNA...
A final-stage trial has started of an mRNA vaccine against the bird flu strain infecting many animal...
Titan’s strange plains may be explained by unusual...
Most of Titan’s surface is oddly flat and smooth, and it may be because it is coated by as much as a...
How we discovered the speed limit of arithmetic – ...
Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question th...
Game theory explains why the US's goals in Iran ke...
The ongoing conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has become a situation in game theory known as a wa...
Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make th...
Experiment with nanodiamonds reveals that they are less rigid than other diamonds, adding to our und...
A whole new way to prevent death from sepsis shows...
Filtering a protein that may cause sepsis out from the blood has shown promising signs for improving...
Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant m...
An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over ...
Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your h...
Stress is linked to many of our biggest killers, but a growing body of research suggests that certai...
Can you determine your personalised stress score?
“I’m stressed” is a phrase that many of us use, but now there are ways to shed light on how stressed...
We might finally know how to use quantum computers...
Pushing against years of scepticism, an analysis suggests quantum computers may offer real advantage...
Hospital-acquired pneumonia reduced by daily tooth...
Most hospital patients don't brush their teeth regularly, but doing so could cut their risk of devel...
Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by su...
Electric vehicles could store renewable energy when there is excess supply and give it back to the g...
Why is it so hard to change your mind?
Changing your opinion can be difficult, and it’s sometimes even seen as a flaw. But research shows b...
The rise, the fall and the rebound of cyclic cosmo...
Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back toget...
Our dreams become more emotive and symbolic as we ...
Terminally ill people are commonly reunited with lost loved ones in their dreams and have visions of...
