SCIENCE

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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Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system?

Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18bA. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan One of the strongest signs of life outside Earth was announced this…

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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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