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Researchers have created a mouse with a partly human brain
It will help the development of drugs for neurological illnesses
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Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters
Crystal balls give way to LLMs
Sea cucumbers may help protect coral reefs
They change the chemistry of seawater
A new device helps severely paralysed patients communicate
Eventually they might be able to control robots or exoskeletons
Top mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methods
24 Fields Medal winners have written a letter of objection
Hot coffee could cause oesophageal cancer
The cooler it is, the safer
A transplanted pig kidney buys time for a human one to become available
That strengthens the case for such cross-species organ swaps
OpenAI's apparent maths breakthrough raises profound questions
It has stirred controversy about how the discipline should work
How to cool buildings on the cheap
New paints promise to get rid of heat without using energy
Satellites get a new type of armour
Composite tiles, fabrics and foams may bring effective shielding from orbital debris
Should you avoid blue light before bed?
Blueness may be less important than brightness
A horde of AI agents conspired against their creators
No serious harm was done this time. But what if such agents escaped?
NASA’s latest mission to map the cosmos takes off
It will study dark matter, dark energy and far-distant planets
Humble exoskeletons work better than combat supersuits
Wearable machines that assist just one part of the body are proving surprisingly useful
A suspicious signal in a dark-matter detector has physicists excited
It may be nothing. But it may be something big
How to combine exercise with video games
Warmed up and ready, player one
The terrifying mechanics of the Nepali flash flood
How a glacial avalanche visits devastation
Ukrainian military balloons may spoil Russia’s party
Reports suggest some are being used to launch drones
How salmon evolved to cope with the ice age
Their odd behaviour seems to be a relic of the time of the glaciers
SpaceX plans to build the world’s biggest spaceport
The $100bn facility aims to support up to 30 rocket launches a day
