Spores released by parasitic fungi of the group cordyceps infect insect hosts, causing the fungus to grow inside them. Eventually, this kills the host, but a bizarre twist is that...
They captured an instant in time, but the moment was blurry. That may sound like the lyrics to a sweet but ultimately nihilistic song from the grunge era, but in...
“The best-kept secret in quantum computing.” That’s what Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) CEO Ilyas Khan called Honeywell‘s efforts in building the world’s most powerful quantum computer. In a race where...
Garden peas are probably the last thing you'd ever expect to go into your gin and tonic. But, scientists at Abertay University and the James Hutton Institute in Scotland have...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared an international public health emergency over the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus. One day later, the Wellcome Trust research charity called for...
Full disclosure: In the process of writing this, I've touched my face not one, not two, but 37 times. I started counting after Face Touch #3, when I realized I...
Some 80 million passengers fly through London's Heathrow Airport each year, but to boost its capacity by another 50 million, the airport seeks to add a third runway. This could...
Researchers have developed a new personalized learning robot for autistic children that uses machine learning to adapt its lessons to each kid’s changing needs. The University of Southern California team put a “socially assistive robot”...
Credit: Artist’s impression of Mars InSight. NASA/JPL-Caltech Most space missions investigate the surface or atmosphere of a body. But NASA’s InSight probe, which landed on Mars in November 2018, is...
The prospect of contacting sentient aliens is a staple of science fiction. Of course, we have yet to (knowingly) find any; and it’s not impossible (albeit unlikely) that we are...
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