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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 9:00am
Amino acids and other molecules important to the origin of life can be enriched within networks of rocky fractures, which would have been common on the early Earth
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 9:00am
Eco-anxiety is common around the world, especially among young people, and while the symptoms are the same as anxiety, the way to reduce them is not
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 9:00am
Evidence points to more children today feeling anxious than a few years ago, with a complicated picture emerging encompassing everything from the pandemic to social media
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 9:00am
The covid-19 pandemic saw a pronounced uptick in anxiety levels globally, but levels were rising in some countries before the pandemic began. The race is on to explain this trend
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 7:00am
A quantum computer built by Quantinuum uses “logical quantum bits” designed by Microsoft to run simple computational routines with an unprecedented level of reliability
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 7:00am
A quantum computer built by Microsoft and quantum computing firm Quantinuum uses “logical quantum bits” to run simple computational routines with an unprecedented level of reliability
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 7:00am
There can be no doubt that extreme anxiety is highly debilitating, but at moderate levels, our nervous feelings can make us smarter problem solvers and fuel original thinking
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 6:11am
It can be difficult to identify satellites that have lost power, increasing the risk of a dangerous collision in space, but licence plates could be a solution
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 5:01pm
Garter snakes may recognise their own scent and react differently when it is altered, hinting at self-awareness in reptiles
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 2:00pm
Previous research suggests that babies can recognise nursery rhymes that were sung to them while they were in the uterus. Now, scientists have found they also seem to remember nursery rhymes that are spoken with no tune
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 1:06pm
Researchers made an AI image generator produce less offensive images by feeding it a tiny amount of additional training data
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 11:00am
A strange world is being stretched out of shape by its neighbouring planets, heating it up so intensely that it probably has a molten surface
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 9:16am
The fungus yartsa gunbu, which grows by turning caterpillars into zombies, is prized in traditional medicine, but its harvest is having an increased ecological impact on its native Himalayan home
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 7:00am
An experimental therapy that grows miniature livers inside a person’s lymph nodes has been used in a human for the first time, but it will be months before we know if it fully replaces their liver function
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 7:00am
There are several evidence-backed ways of calming an anxious mind – from eating specific foods to adding certain exercises to your routine
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 7:00am
A new understanding of how our genes, environment, brain and gut interact is helping to explain differences in our disposition to anxiety
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 7:00am
What anxiety actually is has puzzled scientists for decades. Now we are starting to figure out how it may arise from miscommunication between the body and the brain
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 5:00am
A tiny clump of stars orbiting our galaxy should have been ripped apart by the Milky Way, but its continued existence hints it may be held together by a massive amount of dark matter
Mon, 04/01/2024 - 3:44pm
A person in Texas has been infected with bird flu after exposure to dairy cows who had the virus – it is the first time a human has contracted the disease from a mammal
Mon, 04/01/2024 - 9:00am
Pitcairn Island, one of the remotest places on Earth, was once home to mutineers. Today it’s a trailblazer in biodiversity protection with lessons for us all
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