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Plastic pollution treaty would be 'failure' without tackling emissions
- 29th Apr, 2024
- Science
Plastic production is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than flying – at a summit in Canada, countries were divided on how to deal with this under-recognised part of the plastic problemPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Foxes' skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow
- 29th Apr, 2024
- Science
Red foxes and Arctic foxes dive headfirst into snow at up to 4 metres per second to catch small rodents, and the shape of their snouts reduces the impact forcePost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Genetically modified golden rice may yet succeed in the Philippines
- 29th Apr, 2024
- Science
A court in the Philippines revoked the permit to grow rice genetically modified to boost vitamin A, but the government is expected to appeal against the decisionPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusions
- 29th Apr, 2024
- Science
Generative AI models designed to create images from text can be adapted to construct complex optical illusions - pictures that look like different things when viewed from far away or with motion blurPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
India’s healthcare system falls short despite Modi’s improvements
- 25th Apr, 2024
- Science
More than 1.4 billion people live in India, giving its healthcare system a major role in planetary well-being. In the past 10 years, prime minister Narendra Modi has worked to improve India's healthcare, but there is still much work to be donePost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Brain activity seems to be more complex in baby girls than boys
- 25th Apr, 2024
- Science
When fetuses and babies were exposed to sound stimuli, their brains' subsequent activity appeared to be more complicated in the females than the malesPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies
- 25th Apr, 2024
- Science
Mice that had been genetically modified to lack the ability to smell could sniff out hidden cookies when sensory neurons from rats were grown in their brainsPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater
- 25th Apr, 2024
- Science
The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now we might know the exact impact crater it was launched fromPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each other
- 25th Apr, 2024
- Science
The neurons in wasp brains that help them recognise hive mates are similar to those in the brains of primates, including humansPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Deepfake politicians may have a big influence on India’s elections
- 26th Apr, 2024
- Science
Political campaigns are deploying AI-generated deepfake versions of politicians to reach hundreds of millions of eligible voters in India’s 2024 election – the world’s largest everPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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