US government wants to tax bitcoin to reduce its environmental impact
Bitcoin mining has been linked to rising electricity prices Thomas Lenne/Alamy Stock Photo The US government has proposed a tax on cryptocurrency miners in an
Brain fog: We are finally starting to understand what it is and how to treat it
COURTNEY SHUKIS was looking forward to lunch: she had just recovered from covid-19 and was glad to be meeting her friends again. Before leaving her
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: How to see incredible comet tonight
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Plants send out 'distress calls' – but can other plants hear them?
Some studies have claimed that plants emit sounds when stressed and might perceive the distress calls of other plants, but a review finds the evidence
Mars’s gravitational pull may be strong enough to stir Earth’s oceans
The planets are in a gravitational dance around the sun Shutterstock/Johan Swanepoel The gravitational tug of Mars may be strong enough to stir up Earth’s
The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse
We are still trying to understand how animals respond to a solar eclipse Ş. Uğur OKÇu/1001slide/iStockphoto/Getty Images A total solar eclipse is impossible not to
Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?
Taylor Swift performing in Melbourne earlier this year Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management A rogue artificial intelligence obsessed with Taylor Swift could supplant
Blind cave fish offers lessons in how to survive starvation
Unlike most other animals, the cave-dwelling Mexican tetra doesn’t get a fatty liver when it is malnourished – and its secrets could lead to medical
Ketamine’s unlikely conversion from rave drug to mental health therapy
Ketamine being administered via an intravenous drip at a clinic in New York Victor Llorente/The New York Times/Redux/eyevine LAST year, to much ado in the
Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years
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