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green technology

Connecting with nature is good, but can apps help us do it better?

Health

Connecting with nature is good, but can apps help us do it better?

Time spent in nature has huge benefits for our mental and physical health, and few of us get enough of it. A range of apps aim to help us do it better – but do they work?

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Hedy Lamarr

People in Science

Hedy Lamarr

A sailor in the US Navy uses a long-range acoustic device on board a boat

Technology

Sneaky US Navy feedback device could stop people being able to speak

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An electric car at Millbrook Proving Ground test track, In Bedfordshire, UK

Environment

No councils in England introduced incentives for green number plates

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Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

Technology

Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

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2E38E1A A closeup of the app logo for the Google Play, formerly Android Market, digital distribution service for apps on a mobile phone smartphone screen

Technology

Google can take two months to remove malware apps from app store

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Humans

Why are so many records being broken at the Tokyo Olympics?

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Can low-income countries leapfrog to clean energy technologies?

Technology

Can low-income countries leapfrog to clean energy technologies?

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false killer whale

Technology

Secret underwater messages can be hidden in whale and dolphin chatter

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woman wearing headphones

Technology

Wearable devices could use your breathing patterns like a password

Subtle patterns in the way we breathe can be used to generate a secure password to keep paired smartwatches and smart phones safe from hackers

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Technology

Bendy camera the width of a human hair can take accurate 3D images

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Technology

QAnon posts by figurehead Q may be written by more than one person

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Technology

US Air Force plane navigates by tiny changes in Earth's magnetic field

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Technology

Preparing for a warming world will take a new information revolution

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