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Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant lands to make mummies

Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant lands to...

A workshop used for mummification at Saqqara in Egypt contains remnants of the substances...

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We need to accept that deepfakes are here to stay in film and TV

We need to accept that deepfakes are here to stay in film...

Last week saw the launch of Deep Fake Neighbour Wars, the first ever deepfake comedy....

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Pegasus review: Terrifying exposé of the world's most powerful spyware

Pegasus review: Terrifying exposé of the world's most powerful...

From French president Emmanuel Macron to ordinary whistle-blowers, the surveillance...

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Why the most important topic in physics could be statistical mechanics

Why the most important topic in physics could be statistical...

Statistical mechanics helps relate the quantum world to objects that seem solid...

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Tweets reveal hardware stores cause disgust but hostels bring joy

Tweets reveal hardware stores cause disgust but hostels...

A study of nearly 2 million tweets over one year suggests that people in San Francisco...

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Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that fed 100 people for a month

Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that fed 100 people...

Analysis of cut marks on elephant bones suggests every scrap of meat and fat was...

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Vikings brought horses and dogs to England, cremated bones confirm

Vikings brought horses and dogs to England, cremated bones...

The first physical proof that Vikings brought horses and dogs to England has been...

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Antidepressants mostly can't treat chronic pain, despite wide use

Antidepressants mostly can't treat chronic pain, despite...

Ongoing pain, such as chronic back or neck pain, is difficult to treat, so some...

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Flying robot echolocates like a bat to avoid banging into walls

Flying robot echolocates like a bat to avoid banging into...

A simple buzzer and some microphones help a drone to navigate and map out its surroundings,...

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Should we be worried about bird flu spreading to mammals?

Should we be worried about bird flu spreading to mammals?

Bird flu infections have been recorded in various mammals, including foxes and mink,...

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US military plan to create huge autonomous drone swarms sparks concern

US military plan to create huge autonomous drone swarms...

The AMASS project would involve thousands of drones, on the ground, in the air and...

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Google AI generates musical backing tracks to accompany singers

Google AI generates musical backing tracks to accompany...

An artificial intelligence called SingSong can take a recording of a person singing...

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Human neurons implanted into a rat's brain respond to flashing lights

Human neurons implanted into a rat's brain respond to flashing...

Lab-grown neurons were transplanted into the brains of rats with damaged visual...

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Sunquakes may be caused by weird beams of electrons from solar flares

Sunquakes may be caused by weird beams of electrons from...

Mysterious ripples in the sun’s plasma have gone unexplained for decades, but they...

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Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000

Wormholes could magnify light by a factor of 100,000

Wormholes, which are strange hypothetical tunnels through space-time, could act...

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Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel balls

Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel...

A new type of ice called medium-density amorphous ice has the same density as liquid...