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OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government healthcare website
There has been a string of incidents reported over the last few months where AI agents have hacked companies. Now, a case involving a govern
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Future of Amazon rainforest may hinge on Brazil presidential election
A general election in Brazil next month is widely seen as a choice between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former pre
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What is the fastest way to empty a full jug of water?
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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What is an itch, and why can a simple touch calm it?
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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What causes clothes to crease, and why does ironing remove them?
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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When will the AMOC collapse? We don’t know, but should still prepare
Uncertainty about when or even if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a vital ocean current, might collapse has been an excuse
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Why do we feel emotional about fictional characters? part 2
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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This week’s new questions
Is it faster to jog up stairs or take them two at a time? If the world we observe is just our brain’s interpretation of the electro-chemical
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Researcher finds that cats lie around for a ridiculous amount of time
Feedback digs into important work done in New Zealand into the movements of cats, which found – to no one's great surprise – that their favo
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Tom Gauld: ‘Trust me, it’s safe’
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Why can’t we cool water as quickly as we can heat it? part 2
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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Twisteddoodles on how to make a cell look its very best
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Do we live in a simulation? If so, it could be a giant consciousness experiment
Philosophers have pondered whether we live in a simulation for centuries. Now, Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans suggests a co
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Lifestyle changes may be as effective as therapy at easing depression
Advice about mindful eating, enjoying exercise and getting good-quality sleep was at least as effective for treating depression as cognitive
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Severe meningitis outbreak caused by bacteria that took genes from microbiome
An unprecedented meningitis outbreak that occurred in Kent, UK, in March seems to have been driven by a bacterial strain taking genes from h
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Is AI really getting dangerously out of control?
Grim warnings of the existential risk posed by AI are all over the news, but there is very little evidence to back them up
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El Niño heat could kill half a million people by February
Higher temperatures around the world due to the record-breaking El Niño will lead to an estimated 450,000 extra deaths by February unless sw
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How turning electricity directly into food could help save the planet
Farming is one of the most destructive human activities. Columnist Michael Le Page is excited about developments in electro-ag, in which we
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How ancient superbugs could help us fight antibiotic resistance
As the world warms, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are escaping from frozen sediments. But with new monitoring tools, we can identify problem
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Fire amoeba breaks heat tolerance record for complex life
An amoeba living in a Californian hot spring is thriving above 60°C, a threshold previously thought deadly to complex life
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Should we use GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity in children?
Children as young as 8 in the US are being prescribed off-label GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, sparking debate about the potential long-term healt
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Worried about an AI apocalypse? Here’s how to think about the risk of doom
Commentators say the probability of machines wiping us out ranges from 0 to over 95 per cent. Columnist Jacob Aron explains why you shouldn'
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Dramatic gannet dive wins Bird Photographer of the Year competition
Henley Spiers took the top award in the annual contest, with shots of guillemots, penguins and a protective tawny frogmouth also in the runn
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Swimmer made of quantum light breaks Newton’s third law
According to Newton’s third law, all actions are paired with reciprocal reactions. But breaking this principle allowed an artificial swimmer
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