They’re the questions we’ve asked since we were children: Are the colours that I see different from the colours that you see? Is my red your red, my yellow your yellow, and my slightly off-teal the same shade you’re seeing?
You’ve probably ended…
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Strange microscopic lightning may have kickstarted life on Earth
How did life begin? It’s one of the most profound questions in science. Evolution explains how life changes over time, but before evolution could even start, something had to create the very first biological building blocks.
For life to emerge,…
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Tampa Bay Rays Withdraw from $1.3B Ballpark Plan
Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays are withdrawing from a plan to construct a $1.3-billion ballpark, citing hurricane impacts to the existing Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., and other factors, leaving the new stadium and a related…
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Measles is spreading. Here’s what experts say you should know
The uptick in measles cases has left many people wondering about early signs of measles, whether they need an updated vaccine and treatment options.
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Think you understand your dog? This study says you’re wrong – and what you should do instead
People and pups have a bond that inspires idioms, artwork and oodles of shareable internet videos. With an affinity that strong, you’d think humans were pretty good at understanding dogs. Well, apparently not.
At least, that’s according to a…
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Are Microplastics a Driver of Antibiotic Resistance?
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic has been produced in recent decades, mainly for stuff that quickly gets thrown away. And…
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Robot videos: UBTECH, EngineAI, and More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
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Africa’s Fire Mountain Unleashes a Stunning Lava Show
Deep within Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Virunga National Park is home to some of the continent’s most active volcanoes, including the formidable Nyamulagira. This shield volcano has a long history of dramatic eruptions, and its fiery displays…
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In world first, man leaves hospital with titanium heart
It looks like it’s straight out of a comic book, but BiVACOR is a real, functioning titanium heart. The metal device is ultimately intended as a replacement for human donor organs, but was first utilized last year as a stopgap for…
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Quantum spin model made from nanographene molecules
In 2024, Empa researchers and their partners successfully for the first time realized a so-called one-dimensional alternating Heisenberg model with a synthetic material. This theoretical quantum-physical model, known for nearly a century,…
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