SCIENCE

Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

Bird flu has been spreading in wild animals for years but it is now adapting to humansVuk Valcic//SOPA Images/LightRocket via…

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Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago

Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearbyGoogle Earth Archaeologists have discovered a…

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Common chemical in drinking water hasn’t been tested for safety

Millions of US residents may be drinking water containing the potentially harmful compoundYiu Yu Hoi/Getty Images A common disinfectant in…

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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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