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The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for

[ad_1] This is a real photo of Joe Biden giving a speech SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock People can generally spot when videos of famous politicians giving speeches

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Ig Nobel prizes 2024: The unexpected science that won this year

[ad_1] Ten unexpected things were honoured at the 34th Annual Ig Nobel prizes today, each so extremely surprising that, in the event’s long tradition, it

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Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days

[ad_1] Part of a mountain and glacier alongside Dickson Fjord in Greenland in August 2023 (left), and the same spot after a landslide in September

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Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction

[ad_1] Illustration of the end-Permian extinction event, when extreme temperatures may have killed off forests RICHARD JONES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Great Dying at the end

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How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

[ad_1] “Microbially derived food products let consumers eat meat, fish, cheese, eggs and milk that tasted just like the real thing” Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff The food revolution

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Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift

[ad_1] Sea ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica Sergio Pitamitz/VWPics/Alamy For the second year in a row, Antarctic sea ice has reached near-record low levels.

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Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

[ad_1] As frightening as monsters are, they have always captivated us. From chimeras and hydras to bunyips and golems, creatures have emerged from our imaginations

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Supremacy review: Riveting exploration of how AI models like ChatGPT changed the world

[ad_1] Tel Aviv University before a talk from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in June 2023 REUTERS/Amir Cohen SupremacyParmy Olson (Macmillan Business (UK); St Martin’s Press

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Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover

[ad_1] The Perseverance rover is exploring Mars NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted an aurora on Mars that would have been visible to humans. This

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Polaris Dawn latest: SpaceX crew complete first ever ‘stand-up’ civilian spacewalk

[ad_1] Jared Isaacman looks out of the Dragon capsule’s hatch SpaceX SpaceX made history today as its private astronauts conducted the first ever civilian spacewalk