Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset our carbon emissions

Planting trees and suppressing wildfires do not necessarily maximise the carbon storage of natural ecosystems. A new study has found that prescribed burning

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Dec. 23, 2021 ~4 min

Clues to treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found in recently evolved region of the ‘dark genome’

Scientists investigating the DNA outside our genes - the ‘dark genome’ - have discovered recently evolved regions that code for proteins associated with

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Dec. 23, 2021 ~4 min


New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas

Scientists have found a novel way to combine two species of grass-like plant including banana, rice and wheat, using embryonic tissue from their seeds. The

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Dec. 22, 2021 ~5 min

Could acid-neutralising life-forms make habitable pockets in Venus’ clouds?

A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions.

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Dec. 20, 2021 ~8 min

Omicron may be significantly better at evading vaccine-induced immunity, but less likely to cause severe disease

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 may be significantly better than previous variants at evading vaccine-induced antibodies, according to new research from

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Dec. 20, 2021 ~5 min

New model improves accuracy of machine learning in COVID-19 diagnosis while preserving privacy

Researchers in the UK and China have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can diagnose COVID-19 as well as a panel of professional

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Dec. 16, 2021 ~5 min

Gentrification changes the personality make-up of cities in just a few years

Massive study of almost two million US residents reveals rising housing costs may drive increases in “openness” of character among both long-term and new

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Dec. 16, 2021 ~6 min

Community of ethical hackers needed to prevent AI’s looming ‘crisis of trust’

A global hacker “red team” and rewards for hunting algorithmic biases are just some of the recommendations from experts who argue that AI faces a “tech-lash”

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Dec. 10, 2021 ~6 min


Public health experts urge government to put health at centre of levelling up agenda

Health needs to be at the heart of the Government’s levelling up agenda, say researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Newcastle. The team have today

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Dec. 10, 2021 ~5 min

Drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are

As many as a half of all drinkers underestimated how drunk they were, judging themselves still safe to drive despite having exceeded the legal driving limit,

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Dec. 7, 2021 ~5 min

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