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Category: Science
Large Hadron Collider sticks with reels of tape for vas...
The physicists at CERN still rely on tape for the long-term storage of data from the LHC, because it is more reliable and cheaper ...
Covid-19 news: UK to offer third jab to immunosuppresse...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Stingrays’ bulging eyes and mouths make them much faste...
Stingrays have protruding eyes and mouths, which seem like they would make swimming less efficient, but they actually create vorti...
Rapidly evolving bits of DNA helped develop the human b...
Some sections of the human genome have changed quickly during our evolution, and hundreds of them seem to be involved in the devel...
GitHub's AI programming assistant can introduce securit...
AI that automatically generates source code to help human programmers complete projects has been found to include bugs or security...
We have spotted a new kind of supernova triggered by co...
When a neutron star or a black hole ploughs through a massive star, it can force the star to explode in a type of supernova that h...
Texas cold crisis early this year linked to melting Arc...
The extreme cold snap that left millions without power in Texas early this year may have been made more likely due to melting Arct...
Cavalier King Charles spaniels carry a high number of h...
A genetic study of eight dog breeds including German shepherds and golden retrievers found that cavalier King Charles spaniels had...
Digital archives meant to be permanent seem to be lost ...
An analysis of web archives of national libraries and public records offices found that some of the documents meant to be permanen...
Hurricane Ida was almost certainly made worse by climat...
Scientists say Hurricane Ida, which reached wind speeds of 241km/h, killed at least one person and left more than a million people...
Covid-19 news: Pupils urged to take tests as they retur...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can...
Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, has ordered eight ships capable of running on methanol, which could prove a crucial ...