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Hundreds of thousands of human neurons growing in a dish coated with electrodes have been taught to play a version...
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Double-whammy approach uses chemical catalysts to break down mixed plastic waste so bacteria can convert what’s left into desirable compounds...
Recycled Battery Materials Can Work as Well as New Ones
The cathode is a marvel of molecular choreography. How much power a battery holds, and how long it lasts, depends...
How Iran Is Using the Protests to Block More Open Internet Access
For nearly a month Iranians have been fiercely and relentlessly protesting against their government. Sparked by the death of a...
Living Planet Index: Wildlife populations are declining on a ‘devastating’ scale, says WWF
According to the WWF's 2022 Living Planet Index, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by an average of...
Lab-Grown Human Brain Tissue Works in Rats
The tiny blobs of lab-grown human brain tissue were just specks, each measuring a few millimeters in diameter. Researchers at...
DART’s Smashing Success Shows Humanity Can Divert Asteroids
Humans have for the first time proven that they can change the path of a massive rock hurtling through space....
Randall Munroe on answering the strangest scientific questions
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Gas Drilling Is Disrupting Animal Migration
In general, it’s surprising how little ecologists know about why large animals choose their migration paths. The motivations for moving...
These Technologies Help You Live Lightly on a Fragile Planet
Carbon emissions are driving the biosphere toward a three-degree-Celsius rise in average temperature, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
Human hibernation is possible and could boost longevity
Mounting evidence suggests that humans may have the biological hardware to benefit from some aspects of hibernation. Switching on these...
Robots Are Helping Immunocompromised Kids ‘Go to School’
That was the key; those interactions that I craved in the hospital were the same that many missed during the...
A Supersmeller Can Detect the Scent of Parkinson’s, Leading to an Experimental Test for the Illness
A Scottish woman named Joy Milne made headlines in 2015 for an unusual talent: her ability to sniff out people...
Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up
Rising temperatures and deforestation are pushing tree-dwelling primates to spend more time on the ground in search of shade and water...
The Physics of Smashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid
There are a couple of things to notice. First, after the collision DART is moving backwards, because it bounced. Since...
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