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NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the first time

NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the...

The powerful Space Launch System rocket has finally launched. It took off from Cape...

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Landslides can be triggered by small changes in atmospheric pressure

Landslides can be triggered by small changes in atmospheric...

We knew earthquakes and heavy rain could initiate landslides, but now it seems alterations...

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What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it goes wrong?

What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it...

With a growing number of people living with pain, we desperately need to understand...

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We are only just beginning to understand what causes nociplastic pain

We are only just beginning to understand what causes nociplastic...

This new kind of pain is poorly understood, as there is often no sign of injury,...

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Viewing chronic pain as its own illness is providing better treatments

Viewing chronic pain as its own illness is providing better...

Doctors are starting to see chronic pain as a condition in its own right, which...

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Acid produced by the brain could drive disease-related psychosis

Acid produced by the brain could drive disease-related...

Kynurenic acid is made in the brain and could play a role in psychosis related to...

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COP27: Brazil's Lula promises zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030

COP27: Brazil's Lula promises zero deforestation in the...

Brazil’s incoming president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to reverse the environmentally...

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Quantum computers in use today are vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers

Quantum computers in use today are vulnerable to eavesdropping...

Companies such as IBM offer timeshare access to prototype quantum computers, but...

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Early meteorites brought enough water to Mars to create a global ocean

Early meteorites brought enough water to Mars to create...

Meteorites bombarding the Red Planet may have carried so much water that it could...

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JWST sees a stunning hourglass of light around a still-forming star

JWST sees a stunning hourglass of light around a still-forming...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a star that hasn’t yet finished...

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Ronnametres and quettagrams may soon join the ranks of SI units

Ronnametres and quettagrams may soon join the ranks of...

New prefixes in the International System of Units could be confirmed on Friday,...

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Internal meeting: Tim Cook told German engineering and retail staff that Apple plans to start sourcing chips from a plant under construction in Arizona in 2024 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Internal meeting: Tim Cook told German engineering and...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:Internal meeting: Tim Cook told German engineering and retail...

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Epic Games claims 50%+ of all announced games for the PS5 and Xbox Series X and S use Unreal Engine, up from the 48% figure that CEO Tim Sweeney shared in April (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Epic Games claims 50%+ of all announced games for the PS5...

Jay Peters / The Verge:Epic Games claims 50%+ of all announced games for the PS5...

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A federal jury in Texas orders Intel to pay VLSI Technology $948.8M for chip patent infringement in the companies' third trial over patents once owned by NXP (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

A federal jury in Texas orders Intel to pay VLSI Technology...

Blake Brittain / Reuters:A federal jury in Texas orders Intel to pay VLSI Technology...

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Some Indian gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives and work, are using Telegram to share cheap hacks for gaming the platforms to their advantage (Varsha Bansal/Rest of World)

Some Indian gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating...

Varsha Bansal / Rest of World:Some Indian gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating...

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Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, claiming 35% faster CPU performance, 25% Adreno GPU performance, Wi-Fi 7 support, and up to 4.35x faster AI performance (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, claiming 35% faster...

Allison Johnson / The Verge:Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, claiming 35%...