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Category: Science
Tougher action needed to stop oak-killing moth's spread...
Seven years of concerted action to slow the spread of Oak Processionary Moth have failed to stop its consistent outward expansion ...
NSO iPhone malware builds a computer inside your phone ...
An incredibly sophisticated piece of malware developed by the Israeli tech firm NSO Group works by creating an entirely separate c...
Millipede in Australia is first to actually have more t...
A millipede with 1306 legs has smashed the world record after being discovered 60 metres underground in Australia
People occupied the Faroe Islands 300 years earlier tha...
The Faroe Islands sit between Iceland, Norway and Great Britain, and were thought to have been first populated by the Vikings arou...
Smart windows keep heat in during winter and let it out...
Radiative cooling means ordinary windows are not very effective at keeping buildings warm or cool as required, but modified window...
Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong faster t...
Hundreds of thousands of brain cells in a dish are being taught to play Pong by responding to pulses of electricity – and can impr...
Covid-19 news: Pregnant women added to UK’s vaccine pri...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Fourteen new species of shrew discovered on an Indonesi...
A decade-long survey of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has uncovered over a dozen new species of shrew
How did the omicron coronavirus variant evolve to be so...
Omicron has become a global threat to public health thanks to a particularly dangerous set of mutations, but where did it come fro...
Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantu...
A tardigrade cooled to near absolute zero and placed in a state of quantum entanglement survived its ordeal
How reliable are covid-19 lateral flow tests for detect...
The rise of the omicron coronavirus variant has put an increased focus on regular testing, but are rapid lateral flow tests the ri...
Football matches in top European leagues are becoming m...
Computer predictions for the outcome of European football matches over a 26-year period become more accurate in recent years