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Observers in dark locations away from street lighting can expect to see more than 100 meteors an hour
The Perseid meteor shower in August often catches the headlines because of the warmer conditions associated with watching the display, but to many astronomers the Geminids put on the better show.
The Geminids have been active since 4 December and they reach their climax this week with the peak...
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient...
Tech moguls may foolishly hope to stay forever young, but others could benefit too from evidence of the human body’s dynamic and varied journey through life
Ageing can feel remarkably sudden. One morning you awake to find new aches, or lapses in strength and memory that you could swear were not present just a few days prior. We do not literally age overnight, but as research is increasingly...
Sometimes it’s easier to talk to strangers, which might explain why the platform has become an increasingly popular resource for wedding planning.
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
Ethan Zuckerman says his intentions were good when he invented the ads.
The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users.
Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development
Gabor Maté is the author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Does the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to...
Scientists have developed algorithms that give predictive scores for a host of physical and mental traits
UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health
The Guardian has learned that couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ. But what is polygenic screening and...
British fertility clinics raise scientific and ethical objections over patients sending embryos’ genetic data abroad for analysis
What is polygenic embryo screening in IVF and does it work?
Couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and health, the Guardian has learned.
The controversial screening...
Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’
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For most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was memorable because it was the day Elvis Presley died.
“We turned the radio on when we got back in the car...
The Streamer Awards organiser said the negatives of her online role made it hard to enjoy the job.
Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence
The journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for Monsanto’s claim that Roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer. Martin van den Berg, the...
The deal to acquire the Hollywood giant’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s TV and film studios and streaming division for $72-billion, excluding debt.
“For OpenAI to realize its ambitions, it is not going to be enough for them to make a model that is as good as Gemini 3. They need to be able to leapfrog it again.”
The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.
Vula Medical connects healthcare workers to specialists via an app, bringing specialist care to patients in remote areas.
An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.