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'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wreaked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton says
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'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wreaked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton says

Live Science·Sascha Pare·6 months ago
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Live Science spoke with Tim Lenton, founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, about human actions that can trigger positive, self-propelling changes in nature.

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Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable
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Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable

Live Science·Tristan Greene·6 months ago
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Scientists have achieved a breakthrough by "distilling" light to eliminate the noise that prevents photonic quantum computers from scaling.

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New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time
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New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time

Live Science·Paul Sutter·6 months ago
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A squad of new AI algorithms called GAME could help astrophysicists take a more accurate reading of the universe’s behavior, a new study suggests.

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'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid
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'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid

Live Science·Laura Geggel·6 months ago
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From Live Science: 'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid

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Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.
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Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.

Live Science·Dr Valeriah Big Eagle·6 months ago
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Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat of destruction — and it should ring alarm bells everywhere.

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'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds…
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'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds…

Live Science·Steve Brusatte·6 months ago
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In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China.

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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time
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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time

Live Science·Carly Page·6 months ago
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A startup is experimenting with data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons, testing whether living cells can offer a more efficient alternative to traditional computing.

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Full moon helps paint vibrant, muddy 'brushstrokes' in Indonesian river — Earth from space
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Full moon helps paint vibrant, muddy 'brushstrokes' in Indonesian river — Earth from space

Live Science·Harry Baker·6 months ago
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A 2024 satellite snap shows suspended sediments streaking across the mouth of the Rokan River, thanks in part to a particularly high tide caused by a full "Strawberry Moon."

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The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought
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The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought

Live Science·Paul Sutter·6 months ago
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Recent surveys hint that the rate of cosmic expansion changes dramatically over time; if that's true, then the universe could end much sooner than we thought, new research suggests.

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Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests
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Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests

Live Science·Kristina Killgrove·6 months ago
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Researchers examining the brains of living people found that they differed more substantially than Neanderthals' brains differed from modern humans', calling into question the reason our evolutionary cousins mysteriously disappeared.

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It's the best-value running watch we have tested this year (and it looks great, too)
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It's the best-value running watch we have tested this year (and it looks great, too)

Live Science·Anna Gora·6 months ago
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Lightweight, durable and packed with advanced tracking features, the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is a great budget alternative to Garmin and Suunto smartwatches.

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Mystery of golden orb found in depths of ocean off Alaska finally solved: 'Everyone was like, What the heck? What…
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Mystery of golden orb found in depths of ocean off Alaska finally solved: 'Everyone was like, What the heck? What…

Live Science·Chris Simms·6 months ago
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A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery concerning a strange golden object found miles below the sea surface isn't an egg or sponge ‪—‬ it's from an anemone-like animal.

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