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When will I be able to upload my brain to a computer?
We don’t know how much information the human brain can store. agsandrew/Shutterstock Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University READER QUESTION:…
The ocean is not a quiet place
The sound of the marine environment has been underestimated, mainly because it is not audible to the human…
Ice world: Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip
The front of Thwaites Glacier is a jagged, towering cliff. David Vaughan/British Antarctic Survey Ted Scambos, University of…
This mosquito species from Papua New Guinea was lost for 90 years – until a photographer snapped a picture of it in Australia
Tracking mosquitoes in our backyards, such as Aedes notoscriptus, helps authorities work out future health risks. Cameron Webb…
‘Food sequencing’ really can help your glucose levels. Here’s what science says about eating salad before carbs
Shutterstock Leonie Heilbronn, University of Adelaide Biochemist and author of the Glucose Revolution Jessie Inchauspé says tweaking your…
Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression
The evidence is mounting for the effectiveness of psilocybin in treating depression. Cannabis_Pic/Shutterstock Clare Tweedy, University of Leeds…
Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina
An image from satellite data shows the strong Loop Current and swirling eddies. Christopher Henze, NASA/Ames Nick Shay,…
‘Masked’ cancer drug stealthily trains immune system to kill tumors while sparing healthy tissues, reducing treatment side effects
Dendritic cells (green) produce cytokines like IL-12, which can train T cells (pink) to attack tumors. Victor Segura…
Hotter Kalahari desert may stop hornbills breeding by 2027
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills struggled to breed at high temperatures. Nicholas B. Pattinson Nicholas B. Pattinson, University of Cape…
Monkeypox: ‘This is an entirely new spread of the disease’
Electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles isolated in 2003 in the United States from human samples (left, mature,…