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A dead pelican, possibly infected with bird flu, in Lima, Peru, in December 2022

Health

How prepared is the world for a pandemic of bird flu in people?

Bird flu is infecting wild birds and poultry around the world. If it were to crossover into humans, some antiviral drugs are available but it would take time to develop a vaccine

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Eggs boiling on an electric stove

Environment

Is it greener to use gas or electricity to heat your home and cook?

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People in relationships have higher love scores if they live in a country with high living standards, gender equality and collectivist cultures

Humans

Couples are most in love in Hungary, according to science

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Sperm view under microscope, spermatozoa background, vector illustration eps10

Health

Male birth control drug is 100 per cent effective in mice

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Gough Map at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Technology

Gough Map: New technology uncovers secrets of rare Bodleian artefact

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Gene-edited wheat field trial harvesting

Health

Gene-edited wheat reduces levels of cancer risk chemical when cooked

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Tightly-curled hair appears to maximise the shielding effect from the sun while minimising an unwanted insulating effect

Humans

Curly hair may have evolved to protect early humans from the sun

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A smartphone on some wood

Technology

Wood coated in nanocrystals can block electromagnetic signals

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Aerial view of tractor in wheat field harvesting straw for biomass power generation

Environment

China can make staple crops carbon-negative by adding biochar to soil

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Trajectory-wise image rendering results. Our final rendering results present better quality, structural consistency, and diversity, over the competing method GSN [2]. Each group of images is rendered within the same voxel world using a shared global style code, while GSN shares the same global latent vector in each group. https://hubert0527.github.io/infinicity/

Technology

AI generates virtual 3D cities that extend infinitely in any direction

Detailed three-dimensional virtual cities can be quickly created by an artificial intelligence, which could be useful for making virtual reality worlds or training autonomous cars

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Life

Researchers 鈥榗annot rule out鈥� bird flu spreading between sea lions

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Life

Avalanches create habitats for a wider range of birds in the Alps

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Technology

Unidentified objects: What’s behind the rise in aerial shootdowns?

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Life

Do trees communicate via a ‘wood wide web’? The evidence is lacking

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