SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

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The data centres powering the AI boom already use more electricity than some small countries, and the International Energy...

Throw a pebble into a lake and it, obligingly, sinks. Smash particles together and they fall apart in certain...

A fetus doesn’t have to see a yawn to catch it. Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology. Yawning is contagious among many social creatures, including humans, dogs, lions and parakeets. While the behavior is...

As the Trump administration moves to weaken America’s air pollution rules, it is deploying new legal interpretations that are intended to tie the hands of future administrations for years to come.In practice, the changes limit...

Despite the Romans’ huge cultural and social impact on Britain, the genetic trace they left behind was surprisingly small,...

UK Anti-Doping have published research into SARMs being sold on social media platforms. The survey found a third of people aged 16-25 see ads for SARMs every week. Source link

Newcastle United Foundation has painted benches in the city's Leazes Park to highlight mental health and encourage fans to talk to each other.Defender Dan Burn spoke to BBC Sport about the work being done and how important it is...

I once got a drill bit jammed in concrete and the language that followed was, let's say, colourful…and that was with the offending masonry right in front of me. That, in...

It would be an engineering project on a truly epic scale, but we may one day need to consider...