Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual
[ad_1] Shimmering sea creatures called comb jellies have an astonishing ability: if injured, two can merge into one, without showing the kind of tissue rejection
Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will live to 100
[ad_1] Few people get to celebrate their 100th birthday Cometary/Getty Images/iStockphoto Will you live to 100? For the average person, the answer is probably no,
Hackers can turn your smartphone into an eavesdropping device
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What’s Next? review: Bill Gates’s Netflix series offers some dubious ideas about the future
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I am in a rut. Is there a way to regain my zest for life?
[ad_1] Volunteers at a community kitchen preparing food for those in need Jonathan Goldberg/Alamy Many of us may face the odd day of apathy, but
Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA
[ad_1] Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are announced as the winners of the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine Jonathan Nackstrand AFP via Getty
Will semiconductor production be derailed by Hurricane Helene?
[ad_1] Constructing a semiconductor chip IM Imagery/Shutterstock The deadliest hurricane to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina has also drawn attention for its potential
MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?
[ad_1] MDMA has long been used recreationally but it has faced obstacles getting approved for medical therapies Shutterstock / Couperfield “The future is psychedelic,” declared
Space may be filled with more antimatter than we can explain
[ad_1] The International Space Station with the particle-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer visible at centre left NASA The neighbourhood of space where the International Space Station
Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million
[ad_1] Mathematician Tom Crawford explains what P versus NP means – and what makes the problem so fiendishly difficult to solve [ad_2] Source link