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A supernova may have cleaned up our solar system

[ad_1] When a star goes supernova in a giant explosion, it can clear away nearby matter muratart/Shutterstock The blast from a supernova should be enough

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Marburg virus: All your questions about the deadly disease outbreak answered

[ad_1] A scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particles NIAID Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Beginning in late September, 62 cases

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The mystery of the missing La Niña continues – and we don’t know why

[ad_1] During the 2022 La Niña season, wild storms lashed the Gold Coast in Australia zstock/Shutterstock An expected shift to cool La Niña conditions in

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Extremely rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench

[ad_1] Archaeologists cleaning excess mud off the Bronze Age spade Wessex Archaeology A wooden spade from the Bronze Age has been unearthed by archaeologists in

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How do birth control pills change the brain?

[ad_1] Before now, no one had studied the brain before, during and after taking hormonal birth control Shutterstock / Krakenimages The largest brain imaging study

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Morphing red blood cells help bats hibernate – and we could do it too

[ad_1] Animals that hibernate need a way to keep their blood flowing as their body temperature drops, and it seems that the mechanical properties of

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Sleep: Fresh insights into how we doze off may help tackle sleep conditions

[ad_1] When he was in need of inspiration, the inventor Thomas Edison used to take a nap in a chair while holding a metal ball

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Meta AI tackles maths problems that stumped humans for over a century

[ad_1] Meta says its AI could help mathematicians Tada Images/Shutterstock An AI system developed by Meta can find solutions to maths problems that have eluded

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NotebookLM: I’ve been boosting my ego with a sycophant AI and it can’t be healthy

[ad_1] Will AI give us a rose-tinted view of ourselves? Huber & Starke/Getty Images Many people are scared that artificial intelligences may one day rise

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Amateur sleuth finds largest known prime number with 41 million digits

[ad_1] There is a new largest known prime Panther Media GmbH/Alamy After a six-year drought, we now have a new largest known prime number, thanks