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In this aerial picture taken on October 23, 2020, smoke rises from the fields as farmers burn straw stubble on the outskirts of Fatehgarh Sahib, in the northern Indian state of Punjab

Technology

A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat

The after-effects of nuclear war would be catastrophic for agriculture. Simulations show billions of people could starve depending on the size of the conflict

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T806G0 LLNL, National Ignition Facility Preamplifiers, 2012

Physics

Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time

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Cannons in a field in Manassas, Virginia

Technology

Big Tech and Civil War enthusiasts clash over historic US battlefields

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Technology

Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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Young woman smiling while riding on a bus listening to music on a smartphone

Technology

Experimental earphone can ‘hear’ commands user is silently mouthing

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Detaching the bioadhesive ultrasound device from the skin

Technology

Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days

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Optical fibres

Technology

Fibre-optic cables could be used to spy on people a kilometre away

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Fusion power plant - credit UKAEA

Technology

Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station

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A mission to grab a dead satellite

Space

UK wants to send a spacecraft to grab two dead satellites from space

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Alan Turing

People in Science

Alan Turing

Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century and often considered the father of modern computer science.

Technology

Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

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Society

The rise of computer-generated, artificially intelligent influencers

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Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

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Batteries built with bumpy components work better in the freezing cold

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