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Rice needs to be replanted every year. Genetic tinkering could make it more like apples
Researchers re-create key aspects of long-lived wild relative, which could make rice fields longer lasting
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Higgs boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts
Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.
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AI software for smart glasses wins Ā£1m prize for technology to help people with dementia
Glasses use verbal cues and floating text to assist wearers and are expected to be available in early 2027AI software that can be embedded into smart glasses has won a Ā£1m prize for technology to help people with dementia.Built into chunky, black-rimmed frames that have a camera, microphone and spea
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What to read this week: Katrina Manson's terrifying Project Maven
It is scarily fascinating to read about the US military's journey into AI warfare in this deeply-researched book. But what happens next, asks Matthew Sparkes
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Fly tippers face clearing up own rubbish as punishment
Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.
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The neuroscientist who wants us to be nicer to psychopaths
Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths donāt want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserve support to help them get there
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Meteor over Ohio causes large boom heard as far away as Pennsylvania
Nasa spokesperson says meteor was traveling at 45,000mph but no reports of debris foundA meteor over Ohio caused a large boom that jolted people as far away as Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, Nasa has confirmed.The meteor entered the atmosphere at about 9am local time on Tuesday, producing a sonic
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A very serious guide to buying your own humanoid robot butler
You can now buy a humanoid robot housekeeper for less than the price of a second-hand car. But before splashing out, thereās something you need to know
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Forget the multiverse. In the pluriverse, we create reality together
A radical idea that resolves many quantum paradoxes suggests there is no objective view of reality. How can the cosmos be stitched together from interlocking perspectives?