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03 Oct

Google says its AI designs chips better than humans – experts disagree

October 3, 2024
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Can AI design a chip that’s more efficient than human-made ones?Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Google DeepMind says its artificial intelli...

02 Oct

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Parkrun events could boost your life satisfaction

October 2, 2024
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A Parkrun event in Newcastle, UKAlan Harbottle/Alamy Taking part in Parkrun events – a free weekly activity where people are encouraged...

01 Oct

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Sophie Koudmani: The astrophysicist unravelling the origins of supermassive…

October 1, 2024
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Supermassive black holes are, as you might expect, rather large – millions and sometimes billions of times as massive as the sun. They ...

30 Sep

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Stellar views of some of the most spectacular sights in the universe

September 30, 2024
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Galaxy Messier 82 (M82), also known as the cigar galaxyNASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScIAURA); J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin...

29 Sep

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Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground

September 29, 2024
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Emus always have one foot on the ground when running at an intermediate paceImagebroker / Alamy Stock Photo If you want to imagine a di...

28 Sep

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Creation Lake review: Rachel Kushner’s Booker-shortlisted climate fiction i…

September 28, 2024
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Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake has been shortlisted for the Booker prize Creation LakeRachel Kushner (Jonathan Cape (UK, 5 September); ...

27 Sep

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These fish have evolved legs that can find and taste buried food

September 27, 2024
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The northern sea robin uses its legs to find food in the seabedAnik Grearson A striking fish that lives at the bottom of the Atlantic O...

26 Sep

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We now know who was cannibalised on the doomed Franklin expedition

September 26, 2024
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The Franklin expedition was dramatised in television show The TerrorAMC Human remains recovered from the British Royal Navy’s doomed Fr...

25 Sep

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Pain relief from the placebo effect may not actually involve dopamine

September 25, 2024
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Dopamine (red) approaching one of its receptors (blue)JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ALAMY The hormone and neurotransmitter dopami...

24 Sep

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AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert

September 24, 2024
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A 22-metre-long drawing depicting a killer whale holding a knifeMasato Sakai Hundreds of ancient drawings depicting decapitated human h...