SCIENCE

US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows

The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic OceanNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization…

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China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-outImago / Alamy China, the…

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Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say

How does intermittent fasting change the gut microbiome?Oliver Leedham/Alamy Stock Photo There is evidence that intermittent fasting alters the gut…

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Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where

A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to VenusWikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its…

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Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems

A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefitsCavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles, not…

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Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge across Eurasia

Drought conditions can have devastating impacts on Eurasian regions like Karapinar in TurkeyYASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images Over the past…

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Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method

Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulseAlamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and…

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US government defunds research on misinformation

Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sitesStefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has…

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Daily doses of peanuts could desensitise adults with the allergy

Peanuts are one of the most common foods people are allergic tonafterphoto/Shutterstock Adults with peanut allergy reduced their risk of…

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New colour seen for the first time by tricking the eyes

Our retinas could be made to see a vivid shade of blue-greenMikeCS images/Alamy Five people have witnessed an intense green-blue…

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