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How a US agriculture agency became key in the fight against bird flu
A dangerous strain of bird flu is spreading in US livestock MediaMedium/Alamy Since Donald Trump assumed office in January, the…
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Destroyer of Worlds review: Frank Close’s new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age
Irène Joliot-Curie and her husband Frédéric Joliot caught a glimpse of the neutron in their experiments Smith Archive/Alamy Destroyer of…
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Inside Europe’s largest jellyfish farm
Pacific compass jellyfish (Chrysaora fuscescens) Heidi & Hans-Jürgen Koch These eerily beautiful images show animals born at Europe’s largest jelly-fish…
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Perseverance rover may hold secrets to newly discovered Mars volcano
A suspected volcano (circled) is close to the large Jezero crater on Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS/JHUAPL/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Aster Cowart A volcano seems to…
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Giant atoms ‘trapped’ for record time at room temperature
Controlling giant atoms could lead to more powerful quantum computers koto_feja/iStockphoto/Getty Images Giant atoms just got a boost as contenders…
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Microwaves seem to experience imaginary time – and now we know how
An oscilloscope in an electronic testing lab Uwe Moser/Alamy Microwaves seem to be able to spend “imaginary time” inside a…
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Is superintelligent AI just around the corner, or just a sci-fi dream?
Are machines about to become smarter than humans? Chan2545/iStockphoto/Getty Images If you take the leaders of artificial intelligence companies at…
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Blood vessel organoids quickly minimise damage to injured tissue
A human vascular organoid generated from stem cells Melero-Martin Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital Tiny balls of lab-grown blood vessels helped…
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Trump’s cuts to NASA and the National Science Foundation will have huge consequences
Artemis I sits at Launch Pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center Tribune Content Agency LLC/Alamy The Stern-Gerlach experiment is, in…
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Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time
Researchers can create structures analogous to black holes in the lab Science Photo Library/Alamy By manipulating light into a fluid-like…
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