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Tiny chip could enable super-secure quantum Wi-Fi

[ad_1] A silicon chip could connect quantum devices more easily than ever Shutterstock/Fit Ztudio We may be a step closer to unhackable quantum Wi-Fi thanks

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Minnesota dam failure: Thousands of US dams may be unprepared for extreme rain driven by climate change

[ad_1] High water levels at the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota Ben Brewer/Bloomberg/Getty Images The near failure of a century-old dam in Minnesota has drawn renewed

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The temperature of your face could help diagnose medical conditions

[ad_1] Little changes in average facial temperatures can reveal your age and whether you have certain medical conditions Zhengqing Yu and Jing-Dong J Han If

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How ghost cities in the Amazon are rewriting the story of civilisation

[ad_1] Sasithorn Phuapankasemsuk/Getty Images Try to imagine an environment largely untouched by humans and the Amazon rainforest might spring to mind. After all, large swathes

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Ants amputate their nestmates’ limbs to save them from infection

[ad_1] A Florida carpenter ant Paul Young/Alamy Some ants chomp off the infected limbs of nestmates to boost their chances of survival, making them the

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AI can predict how monkeys play Pac-Man

[ad_1] In Pac-Man, players must collect dots in a maze and evade capture by ghosts ArcadeImages/Alamy Stock Photo An artificial intelligence can accurately predict how

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Incredibly complex mazes discovered in structure of bizarre crystals

[ad_1] Can you find you way out from the red centre of the maze? Scroll down for the solution University of Bristol An algorithm designed

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The hacker turned politician using digital tech to reimagine democracy

[ad_1] In 2014, the approval rating of Taiwan’s government was less than 10 per cent. Popular dissatisfaction culminated in the Sunflower Movement, with students occupying

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Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years

[ad_1] Ancient ritual stick discovered in Cloggs cave, Australia Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation Wooden artefacts found in an Australian cave suggest that an

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Sky Wtr: Canned water made from air and sunlight to hit US stores in September

[ad_1] Cans of Sky Wtr, produced by solar-powered hydropanels, will go on sale later this year in the US Madeleine Cuff Canned water distilled from