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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

[ad_1] A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say

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Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change

[ad_1] It hasn’t been a good year for people who care about climate change. A hoped-for peak in carbon emissions has failed to emerge, meaning

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AI simulations of 1000 real people using GPT-4o accurately replicate their behaviour

[ad_1] Can AI replicate individual humans? gremlin/Getty Images An experiment simulating more than 1000 real people using the artificial intelligence model behind ChatGPT has successfully

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Are calories on menus doing more harm than good?

[ad_1] Calories on menus mean we can no longer pretend that fast food is slimming David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images When you go to

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See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures

[ad_1] The sun’s upper atmosphere, or corona, in ultraviolet light ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team These fiery images are the clearest views we have ever

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Being in space makes it harder for astronauts to think quickly

[ad_1] There is a lot to keep track of when working in space NASA via Getty Image Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had

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Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right

[ad_1] The DESI instrument observing the sky from the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope during a meteor shower KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity

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Quantum computers hit a crucial milestone for error-free calculation

[ad_1] Lasers in a quantum computing set-up at Atom Computing Atom Computing Useful quantum computers are one step closer. Microsoft and Atom Computing announced that

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Starship launch live: Musk and Trump both attend sixth SpaceX test flight – latest

[ad_1] SpaceX is making preparations for the sixth test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket, Starship. Elon Musk’s company has been taking a “fail

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Existential cosmology: The universe could vanish at any moment – why hasn’t it?

[ad_1] Billions, perhaps trillions, of years from now, long after the sun has engulfed Earth, cosmologists expect the universe will end. Some wrestle with whether