SCIENCE

AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia

Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boomChris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia is one of the greatest knowledge resources ever…

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US government fired researchers running a crucial drug use survey

The only nation-wide assessment of drug use in the US is a critical tool in fighting the opioid epidemicShutterstock /…

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Are Trump’s cuts to science the end of the endless frontier?

US President Donald Trump’s executive orders have led to drastic cuts across the sciencesSHAWN THEW/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock In a letter to Michael…

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Pregnancy’s long-lasting effects on different parts of the body revealed

Pregnancy has many effects on the bodyAnnaStills/Getty Images As anyone who experiences it knows, pregnancy vastly transforms the body –…

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Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology

Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine uses mRNA technologyImago/Alamy This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to mRNA…

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Monkeys choose babysitters based on who has more parenting experience

A black-and-white snub-nosed monkey and her infantMinden Pictures/Alamy Snub-nosed monkey mums are picky when choosing a babysitter, permitting experienced females…

3 months ago

Most quakes on Mars happen during the summer – and we don’t know why

A fracture on Mars’s surface, taken in January 2018 by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express craftESA/DLR/FU Berlin Thousands of…

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The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth

Sparks between water droplets may have started life as we know itShutterstock/Perry Correll The first molecules necessary for life on…

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Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined

Saturn now has a total of 274 moonsNASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing…

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Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US

Stand Up for Science rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on 7 MarchJames Dinneen Thousands of people…

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