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Category: Science
Almost no one encrypts their emails because it is too m...
A study looking at the use of encryption to keep the contents of an email private has found that the technology is rarely used, de...
AI can detect a deepfake face because its pupils have j...
The pupils of faces in computer-generated deepfake videos or images have more jagged edges and are less symmetrical than those in ...
Watch a one-legged robot hop about as researchers try t...
A one-legged robot that can stand, hop and keep its balance on sloping or unsteady surfaces could offer a cheaper route to bipedal...
Polar bears in Svalbard archipelago are inbreeding due ...
As global warming causes Arctic ice to melt away, archipelago-based polar bears are having more difficulty reaching each other, re...
Foam from frogs' nests could help make bandages that re...
The foam that some frogs produce to make nests can keep its shape for more than a week and can slowly release drugs for days, whic...
Half-metre-long predator was giant of the seas 500 mill...
Most animals that lived in the Cambrian period were small enough to rest comfortably in the palm of your hand – but Titanokorys wa...
A US military robot ship has fired a large missile for ...
The US Department of Defense has released footage of an uncrewed ship firing a large missile, in a demonstration of its Ghost Flee...
Covid-19 news: 80 per cent of over 16s in UK are now fu...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Wooden robot arm is powered by plastic muscles
A new polymer that stores energy when it is stretched and deformed has been used as an artificial muscle to bend the elbow joint o...
What we know so far about booster shots and the covid-1...
Some countries are already pushing ahead with covid-19 vaccine booster programmes, but rapidly rolling out third shots in wealthy ...
Wildfire pollution linked to at least 33,000 deaths wor...
Wildfires akin to those that visibly devastated parts of Greece, Siberia and North America this year are also invisibly taking a d...
Rare kakapo parrot is genetically healthy despite being...
The kakapo, a critically endangered flightless parrot native to New Zealand, is in better genetic health than expected due to long...