Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
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AI simulations of 1000 real people using GPT-4o accurately replicate their behaviour
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Are calories on menus doing more harm than good?
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See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures
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Being in space makes it harder for astronauts to think quickly
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Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right
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Quantum computers hit a crucial milestone for error-free calculation
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Starship launch live: Musk and Trump both attend sixth SpaceX test flight – latest
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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