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Climate change and farming may have halved some insect populations
Warmer temperatures and intense agriculture may be responsible for a 49 per cent decline in insect numbers in some areas,…
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AIs Spot Drones with Help from a Fly Eye
In December 2018 thousands of holiday travelers were stranded at London’s Gatwick Airport because of reports of drones flying nearby.…
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Astronomers Gear Up to Grapple with the High-Tension Cosmos
How fast is the universe expanding? How much does matter clump up in our cosmic neighborhood? Different methods of answering…
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Russia and Ukraine are both weaponising mobile phones to track troops
Mobile phones ping signals to nearby communications towers, allowing both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers to track the movement of opposition…
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Why I’m choosing dark matter over dark energy – for now at least
Dark matter is my focus these days, but the intractable problems of dark energy and cosmic acceleration are still on…
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China Is Hatching a Plan to Find Earth 2.0
After sending robots to the Moon, landing them on Mars and building its own space station, China is now eyeing…
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U.S. bills would make it easier to study health effects of marijuana
For decades, marijuana’s federal criminal status has raised obstacles for researchers trying to study the plant’s health impacts, such as…
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SpaceX’s Starship and NASA’s SLS Could Supercharge Space Science
Astronomers breathed a collective sigh of relief as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sprung to life. Getting the $10-billion…
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The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System
Hour after hour, year after year, Santiago Ramón y Cajal sat alone in his home laboratory, head bowed and back…
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New IPCC Report Looks at Neglected Element of Climate Action: People
The landmark climate report released by the United Nations on Monday called for a transformation in the way people use…
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