SCIENCE

Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?
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- . January 1, 2025
It has been just over five years since the beginning of covid-19 The coronavirus behind covid-19 has infected most people

AI-powered avatars can gesture naturally as they speak
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- . December 29, 2024
Humans use both speech and gestures to convey information Stanford University An artificial intelligence model can make virtual avatars gesture

Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof
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- . December 26, 2024
Oops! Try that again Tetra Images/Alamy An error in a proof underlying a widely used branch of modern mathematics was

Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health
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- . December 23, 2024
Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo Library Our skin isn’t just our biggest organ, it is also the one we are most

Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?
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- . December 20, 2024
Particles in ship exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening – some geoengineering projects would try to recreate this effect NASA’s Earth

‘Artificial tongue’ can detect chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks
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- . December 17, 2024
Molecular testing can be used to assess drink quality Evgenii Parilov/Alamy Drinks manufacturers and consumers may soon have a small,

Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth’s surface?
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- . December 14, 2024
Drill rig in Nebraska run by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC, which established its first hydrogen borehole in 2019 Viacheslav Zgonnik

To fix the world’s problems, we need both optimism and pessimism
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . December 11, 2024
This year will be remembered for many pioneering events, from the first private landing on the moon (see “Space was

AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement
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- . December 8, 2024
AI found a new way to entangle particles of light luchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence.

Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees
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- . December 5, 2024
A bee pollinating a squash flower Roman Kýbus/Alamy Plants treated with diverse species of fungi that live on roots grew