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Category: Science
Covid-19 news: UK and Australia agree to share vaccine ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Mix-and-match antibiotic prescriptions may help lower r...
Antibiotic resistance might be reduced if doctors instruct people to alternate between three different antibiotic medicines daily,...
Zebras rolling in pits help give life to the Namib dese...
Rolling on the ground seems to be essential to life – at least in Africa’s Namib desert, where zebras bathe in dust, creating pits...
Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all c...
Squids aren’t known for good parenting, mostly because they usually die after mating, but male bigfin reef squid check nests for p...
Call centre workers can use AI to mimic your accent on ...
AI software can detect the accent of a person on one end of an online or telephone conversation and modify the accent a responding...
Listen to an Australian duck say ‘You bloody fool’ like...
When raised in captivity, musk ducks learn to copy the sounds of human life around them, which shows that they are what’s known as...
Wooden floors laced with silicon generate electricity f...
Wooden floors impregnated with silicon and metal ions can generate enough electrical power from human footsteps to power light bul...
Amazon fires have affected almost all the region's enda...
Fires set in the Amazon to clear land for farming have affected almost all the endangered species in the Amazon rainforest, cuttin...
Humans reached Arabia in at least five waves thanks to ...
A single Arabian archaeological site has been occupied by ancient humans on five separate occasions over the past 400,000 years, e...
Illegal cannabis farms on the US west coast are poisoni...
Cannabis crops grown illegally on public lands along the west coast of the US are clashing with the habitats of native predators, ...
Cartilage from the nose used to treat two people's knee...
Two people with severe knee osteoarthritis have been successfully treated by inserting cartilage harvested from their noses into t...
Amazing images make New Scientist Photography Awards 20...
An incredible slime mould, a touching depiction of lockdown life and a kestrel family portrait win top prizes at the New Scientist...