SCIENCE

Meta’s AI memorised books verbatim – that could cost it billions
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . June 11, 2025
In April, book authors and publishers protested Meta’s use of copyrighted books to train AI Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News Billions of dollars are at stake

US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . June 8, 2025
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr Tasos Katopodis/Getty One of the top vaccine experts at the US Centers for Disease

Is ADHD on the rise? No – but that answer doesn’t tell the whole story
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . June 5, 2025
There are concerns that more children are being diagnosed with ADHD Imgorthand/Getty Images Is ADHD in children on the rise? An assessment of thousands of

Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . June 2, 2025
Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the military Matthew Horwood/Getty Images An ordinary camera could soon take photos of things that

First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 30, 2025
Illustration of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle Gabriel Ugueto Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in

Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 27, 2025
Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned

Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield CHRIS KLEPONIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock US President

Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 21, 2025
Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thought Maroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A giant crustacean that resembles

US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 18, 2025
The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The slowdown of

China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . May 15, 2025
A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-out Imago / Alamy China, the world’s largest emitter of