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Should you fear pesticide-resistant super-bedbugs?
Thankfully not. But individual populations are getting harder to eliminate
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Space-going mirrors could offer daylight on demand
Applications stretch from disaster relief to street lighting
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Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo
A succession of clinical trials is upending the field
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A new battery could make edible electronics safer
Its components dissolve once it has done its job
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Consuming extra vitamin D is less good than it sounds
What works well in theory seems not to in practice
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Researchers have created a mouse with a partly human brain
It will help the development of drugs for neurological illnesses
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Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters
Crystal balls give way to LLMs
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Sea cucumbers may help protect coral reefs
They change the chemistry of seawater
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A new device lets severely paralysed patients communicate more effectively
Eventually they might be able to control robots or exoskeletons
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Top mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methods
24 Fields Medal winners have written a letter of objection
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Hot coffee could cause oesophageal cancer
The cooler it is, the safer
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A transplanted pig kidney buys time for a human one to become available
That strengthens the case for such cross-species organ swaps
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OpenAI's apparent maths breakthrough raises profound questions
It has stirred controversy about how the discipline should work
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How to cool buildings on the cheap
New paints promise to get rid of heat without using energy
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Elon Musk’s plans to go to Mars next year are toast
SpaceX’s Starship fails for a third time in a row
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The decoding of ancient Roman scrolls is speeding up
More data, and a more powerful particle accelerator, should pay dividends
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Old oil paintings are suffering from chemical “acne”
Conservators are scrambling to rescue them
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Snakes may have once faced a vicious enemy: the humble ant
Scientists believe that could be why the slithering reptiles developed toxic tails
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Aron D’Souza, the brash brain behind the “doping Olympics”
The president of the Enhanced Games wants to push forward human evolution
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Should men be screened for prostate cancer?
The answer is less obvious than you might think
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How to stop swarms of drones? Blast them with microwaves
America’s armed forces are already deploying the technology
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How much protein do you really need?
Unless you are older or want bigger muscles, you’re probably getting enough
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How old are the Dead Sea Scrolls? An AI model can help
Scientists are using it to estimate the age of ancient handwriting
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A leaderless NASA faces its biggest-ever cuts
More than 40 science missions would be cancelled if Donald Trump’s budget goes through
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The Alzheimer’s drug pipeline is healthier than you might think
It reflects a more nuanced understanding of the disease
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How much coffee is too much?
Studies suggest moderate consumption is harmless. It may even be beneficial
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Are China’s universities really the best in the world?
Nature’s prestigious index says yes
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Meet the moths that use the stars to find their way
The skill was previously thought unique to humans and certain birds
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The world needs to understand the deep oceans better
Otherwise it cannot protect them properly
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Is the “manopause” real?
If it is, it is nothing like the menopause
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A routine test for fetal abnormalities could improve a mother’s health
Studies show these can help detect pre-eclampsia and predict preterm births
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A new project aims to synthesise a human chromosome
The tools developed along the way could revolutionise medicine
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How sea slugs give themselves superpowers
Their slimy shenanigans might have applications for humans, too
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Is being bilingual good for your brain?
Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits
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Distrust in public-health institutions is not just an American problem
Across the rich world politics is driving scepticism
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Scientists have created healthy, fertile mice with two fathers
Bipaternal human children, though, are still far away
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Killer whales appear to craft their own tools
One group uses kelp stalks as exfoliating brushes
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A new telescope will find billions of asteroids, galaxies and stars
The Vera Rubin Observatory captures unprecedented detail
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Do longevity drugs work?
Animal studies suggest rapamycin is as effective as long-term fasting
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Climate change will hurt the richest farmers—and the poorest
Even with realistic adaptation, crop yields will fall as temperatures rise
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How to find the smartest AI
Developers are building fiendish tests only the best models can pass
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Why do people sleep? A new study points to the brain
Experiments on fruit flies suggest tiredness could be caused by damaged neurons
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Will AI make you stupid?
Creativity and critical thinking might take a hit. But there are ways to soften the blow
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Should you take creatine?
The performance-enhancing drug is legal, safe—and may have benefits beyond sport
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Could hormones help treat some forms of anxiety and depression?
Mental illnesses that do not respond to standard treatment could be hormone-driven
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Ancient proteins could transform palaeontology
Found in fossils many millions of years old, they could help scientists study long-extinct species
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Astronomers have spotted an interstellar comet older than the Sun
Its appearance puts a new branch of astronomy to the test
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RFK junior wants to ban an ingredient in vaccines. Is he right?
Studies show that thimerosal does more good than harm
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AI is helping to design proteins from scratch
They could treat diseases, test drugs and boost crop yields
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Satellites get a new type of armour
Composite tiles, fabrics and foams may bring effective shielding from orbital debris
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What does it take to make a nuclear weapon?
Introducing “The Bomb”, our new four-part podcast series on the past, present and future of America’s nuclear stockpile
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Do probiotics work?
For a healthy microbiome, eating your greens is a surer bet
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Fragmentary Latin inscriptions can be completed with AI
A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world
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Are nightmares bad for your health?
If you have them often, the answer seems to be yes
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Fraudulent scientific papers are booming
A subset of journal editors may be partly responsible
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Microphones can spot radar-evading hypersonic missiles
It is a new implementation of an old idea
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Astronomers cannot agree on how fast the universe is expanding
This suggests cosmology might be wrong about something fundamental
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Should you take collagen?
There are simpler ways to get smoother skin and stronger joints
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Scientists want to sequence all animals, fungi and plants on Earth
But international regulation and precarious funding threaten their efforts
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How to build a ship for interstellar travel
Winners of a design competition include conjoined Ferris wheels and a 58km-long cylinder
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