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Visualisation of the dwarf planet Quaoar

Space

Dwarf planet Quaoar has a weirdly big ring of debris encircling it

Quaoar, a dwarf planet in our solar system, has a ring of debris orbiting it that is far further out than we thought the laws of physics allow

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Google Bard introduction screen

Technology

Google Bard advert shows new AI search tool making a factual error

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Loofahs are used as sponges

Chemistry

Loofah-inspired gel purifies contaminated water with warmth of the sun

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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak

Society

Will the UK’s new science and tech department achieve anything?

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A woman's hand using a touchscreen display

Technology

Ultrasound illusion could make buttons on a touchscreen feel real

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Residents work to extinguish a wildfire in Chile

Environment

Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country’s record

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A man man playing videogames

Technology

AI is listening in on gamer chat for toxic and abusive language

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Google search page

Technology

AI search heats up as Google and Baidu race to launch ChatGPT rivals

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Plate, ca. 1885 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art鈥檚 Open Access collection
Technology

Can AI curate art better than a human?

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The coronavirus is continuing to mutate as it spreads

Health

Millions of coronavirus mutations offer a new insight into evolution

Using publicly available SARS-CoV-2 sequences, researchers have revealed the genetic sites that must be in a particular state for the coronavirus to survive and which can tolerate changes

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Environment

15 million people live in possible flood path for melting glaciers

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Health

High-dose vitamin D may prevent pre-diabetes becoming type 2 diabetes

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Life

Monk parakeets have unique 鈥榲oices鈥� that may identify friends and foes

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Health

Genes for Gaucher disease may have protected Jewish people against TB

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