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James Parker
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Trump’s second term is already derailing food talks at COP29
Reading Time: 6 minutesThousands of delegates have congregated in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week for COP29, this year’s United Nations climate summit. Ahead of the conference,...
10 Ingenious Tech Experiments That Think Outside the Box
Reading Time: 5 minutesInnovation in technology often means thinking outside the box. This list highlights some of the most ingenious tech experiments that push boundaries...
Forgetting may provide a surprising evolutionary benefit, experts say
Reading Time: 5 minutesForgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there —...
Evolution quiz: Can you naturally select the correct answers?
Reading Time: 1 minuteHomo sapiens first appeared around 300,000 years ago, having evolved from Homo heidelbergensis — the common ancestor we share with Neanderthals, (Image...
The best light therapy lamps to brighten up your life
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NASA warns SpaceX over safety issues after astronaut hospitalization
Reading Time: 3 minutesA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraf launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station on...
Lakes are losing winter ice cover at an astonishing rate
Reading Time: 1 minuteEnvironment Fewer lakes are freezing over each winter compared with past years, posing environmental and economic consequences around the world By Rachel...
The Tallest Mountain in the U.S. and 7 Close Contenders
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe United States’ tallest mountain, Denali, is located in Alaska. Carlos Rojas / Getty Images Although most of the highest mountains in...
AI models fall for the same scams that we do
Reading Time: 1 minuteTechnology Large language models can be used to scam humans, but AI is also susceptible to being scammed – and some models...
NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit
Reading Time: 1 minuteSpace The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down...