SCIENCE

Antarctic teams drill oldest ice cores yet in search of climate clues

The camp at Dome C on the East Antarctic plateau where the Beyond EPICA team are drilling ice coresRob Mulvaney…

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US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer

The control room at quantum computer start-up QuantinuumQuantinuum The US military has launched an effort to determine who may be…

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Space could emerge from time

Some physicists are questioning the idea of space-timeSAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Physicists of the 19th century assumed that space was distinct…

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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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The best retro games console is the one you played at age 10

The Nintendo game Super Mario Advance, a version of Super Mario Bros compatible with a more modern consoleNINTENDO Gamers have…

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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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Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole 'star'

Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of supermassive…

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Floating wood could help us refreeze the Arctic seas

Sea ice coverage in the Arctic has rapidly declined due to global warmingArterra Picture Library / Alamy Modified floating wood…

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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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The world’s climate is in uncharted territory, warns major report

Meltwater runs off the Bråsvellbreen Glacier in the Norwegian archipelago of SvalbardSebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Unprecedented levels of ocean…

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