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President Trump signed an executive order requiring companies with US government contracts to make their AI models "free from ...
Fierce marine heatwaves were recorded globally in 2023 and 2024, and some researchers now believe they mark the start of a ...
Start-up Vaulted Deep, which has funding from Microsoft, says storing human waste deep underground can keep carbon dioxide ...
An algal bloom in South Australia has caused mass deaths of many species since March - now researchers warn that leafy and ...
Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...
Midday seems to be the optimal time to take an oral exam at university, which could be due to students not generally being ...
Many people like to check that they have walked 10,000 steps over the course of a day, but falling short of that target still ...
Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching ...
Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracks found in Canada might have been made by different species walking together, but the evidence ...
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Feedback watches with raised eyebrows as Anthropic's AI Claude is given the job of running the company vending machine, and ...
A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes ...