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Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?

It has been just over five years since the beginning of covid-19 The coronavirus behind covid-19 has infected most people

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AI-powered avatars can gesture naturally as they speak

Humans use both speech and gestures to convey information Stanford University An artificial intelligence model can make virtual avatars gesture

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Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof

Oops! Try that again Tetra Images/Alamy An error in a proof underlying a widely used branch of modern mathematics was

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Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health

Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo Library Our skin isn’t just our biggest organ, it is also the one we are most

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Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?

Particles in ship exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening – some geoengineering projects would try to recreate this effect NASA’s Earth

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‘Artificial tongue’ can detect chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks

Molecular testing can be used to assess drink quality Evgenii Parilov/Alamy Drinks manufacturers and consumers may soon have a small,

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Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth’s surface?

Drill rig in Nebraska run by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC, which established its first hydrogen borehole in 2019 Viacheslav Zgonnik

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To fix the world’s problems, we need both optimism and pessimism

This year will be remembered for many pioneering events, from the first private landing on the moon (see “Space was

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AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement

AI found a new way to entangle particles of light luchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence.

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Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees

A bee pollinating a squash flower Roman Kýbus/Alamy Plants treated with diverse species of fungi that live on roots grew