Decline after fall, Books in brief
The Long History of the Future Nicole Kobie Bloomsbury Sigma (2024) Self-driving cars have been a hot topic for decades.
Which is the fairest electoral system? Mega-election year sparks debate
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Will AI’s huge energy demands spur a nuclear renaissance?
An Amazon data centre in Ashburn, Virginia. Technology companies are investing in nuclear power to try and address the growing
Study reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
Data from hundreds of thousands of browsing sessions is revealing how people navigate Wikipedia. Credit: Sascha Steinbach/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock An analysis of
Google DeepMind roll out ‘watermark’ on AI-generated text
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Atomic smash-ups hold promise of record-breaking elements
Physicists have synthesized the element livermorium, which has the atomic number 116, using an unprecedented approach1 that promises to open
Do stem-cell transplants increase cancer risk? Long-lived recipients offer clues
Haematopoietic stem cells from donors have been used to treat hundreds of thousands of people with blood cancer and other
Physicists tame fundamental muon particles into highly controlled beam for first time
A worker at the Neutrino Experimental Facility at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) in Tokai.Credit: Dai Kurokawa/EPA/Shutterstock For
‘Poo milkshake’ boosts the microbiome of c-section babies
The route of birth — c-section or vaginal — can have an effect on an infant’s microbiome.Credit: Jordi Mora Igual/Getty
Animal-to-human viral leap sparked deadly Marburg outbreak
A single jump by Marburg virus (red; artificially coloured) from an animal to humans triggered an ongoing outbreak in Rwanda.Credit: