SCIENCE

We may have solved the mystery of what froze Earth’s inner core

How did Earth’s inner core freeze solid?Rost9/Shutterstock A high concentration of carbon within Earth’s inner core could explain a long-standing…

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Australia wants to ban social media for under-16s, but it won't work

Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good…

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Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high

Wildfires in the tropics drove some increase in CO2 emissions but the bulk was driven by burning fossil fuelsCarl De…

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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a…

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Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep’s horns – and we don’t know why

Sheep skulls modified by ancient Egyptians so that their horns grew upward instead of outwardB. De Cupere Sheep with deformed…

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Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans

Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissibleAlamy Stock Photo…

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Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily

A power substation near a data centre in VirginiaNathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images Silicon Valley’s scramble to build more data…

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Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

China is embracing solar power, with panels on the North Barren Mountain in ZhangjiakouCostfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images A massive rollout of wind…

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AI models fall for the same scams that we do

Scams can fool AI modelsWong Yu Liang/Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being used…

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Extremely rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench

Archaeologists cleaning excess mud off the Bronze Age spadeWessex Archaeology A wooden spade from the Bronze Age has been unearthed…

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