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Google’s powerful AI spotlights a human cognitive glitch: Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought
Words can have a powerful effect on people, even when they’re generated by an unthinking machine. iStock via…
Many drugs can’t withstand stomach acid – a new delivery method could lead to more convenient medications
A new polymer could help the medicine go down easier. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Khatcher O. Margossian,…
Following a fungus from genes to tree disease: a journey in science
Pablo Rodriguez Merkel/Shutterstock Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria Anyone who reads even a little about science and technology…
Viruses can change your scent to make you more attractive to mosquitoes, new research in mice finds
Mosquito-borne diseases are estimated to cause over 1 million deaths a year. mrs/Moment via Getty Images Penghua Wang,…
How reindeer eyes transform in winter to give them twilight vision
Shutterstock Robert A E Fosbury, UCL Reindeer are loved the world over for their dark, expressive eyes, majestic…
Thousands of giant crabs amass off Australia’s coast. Scientists need your help to understand it
Julian Finn/Museums Victoria Elodie Camprasse, Deakin University Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The…
Myrkl: new anti-hangover pill said to break down up to 70% of alcohol in an hour – what you need to know
Rawpixel/Shutterstock Ashwin Dhanda, University of Plymouth A new anti-hangover supplement has just gone on sale in the UK.…
Drones and DNA tracking: we show how these high-tech tools are helping nature heal
Gontran Isnard/Unsplash, CC BY Jake M Robinson, Flinders University; Jakki Mohr, The University of Montana; Martin Breed, Flinders…
Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo
Benjamin Mayne, CSIRO Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark”…
This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago
Illustration by Peter Schouten, Author provided Isaac Alan Robert Kerr, Flinders University Long ago, almost up until the…