SCIENCE

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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The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth

Sparks between water droplets may have started life as we know itShutterstock/Perry Correll The first molecules necessary for life on…

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The 13 drugs and supplements that could slow brain ageing

Our actual age can differ from the age our brain appears to beJulien Tromeur / Alamy Seven genes have been…

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Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US

Stand Up for Science rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on 7 MarchJames Dinneen Thousands of people…

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