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Here is how to understand OpenAI’s major mathematical breakthrough
Since OpenAI announced its solution to one of the prestigious Millennium Prize Problems, mathematicians have been urgently trying to unpick
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BepiColombo measures Mercury's particle bombardment up close
The joint BepiColombo mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is settling into orbit ar
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Simple farming changes boost wheat yields in drought-prone areas
In drought-prone regions of Ethiopia, growing more food could start with something as simple as keeping more rainwater in the ground.
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Scientists capture two DNA strands zipping together for the first time
Scientists have directly observed how two negatively charged DNA molecules can pair up despite normally repelling each other. Positively cha
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Asteroid Ryugu's dust reveals nitrogen's slow concentration into complex molecules
Nitrogen is a key ingredient in the biomolecules that form the building blocks of life. Yet as an unbonded gas, it is far more likely to dri
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August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges
Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide and warned of worse to come as an unprecede
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When bad luck isn't random: Understanding 'zemblanity'
In 2025, associate professor Christian Busch's Palisades home burned down in one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history. B
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Chinese cave traces Denisovan hunting and adaptation across 120,000 years
An ancient cave in southwestern China has revealed new evidence about how Denisovans—an ancient human relative—lived, survived and adapted o
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Spinons may help electrons pair along stripes in some superconductors
Superconductors are materials that carry electricity with zero resistance below specific temperatures. Many of these materials become superc
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How to support children during home relocation
As cost-of-living pressures increase and the rental crisis worsens, many families are moving more often.
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A fake spider at the tip of this snake's tail helps it lure birds: Scientists get their first look inside it
Lots of animals use mimicry to survive. Some copy the appearance of threatening predators, and others have evolved to resemble plants or roc
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The world’s biggest carbon sink may start emitting CO2 after net zero
If the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere declines, the Southern Ocean is likely to begin emitting more carbon than it absorbs, prolonging glo
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What’s next for mathematics now that AI is upending the field?
Famous and challenging problems in mathematics are falling to AI at a rapid pace. Where does this leave mathematicians, and what will the fi
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Veterinarian outlines practical steps to protect pets from bird flu
As a veterinarian who studies infectious diseases in cats, I've been repeatedly asked whether Australia's outbreak of the H5 bird flu poses
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Hungry scent detection dogs more likely to 'cry wolf'
Dogs trained in scent detection may be better at sniffing out the right smell after breakfast, with new research finding hungry dogs working
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AI watermarks may turn workplace praise and apologies into trust tests
Imagine a manager sends a thoughtful message to one of her hard-working employees after a particularly exhausting week in the office. The me
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'Fingerprints' inside the sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet
It is thought the sun may have engulfed a super-Earth-sized planet early in its history. Now, a new study has gone a step further, suggestin
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Australia's reading and math results are at an 'all‑time low'—but there's more to the story
Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems wi
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Mercury is shrinking more than we thought
Mercury's surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk over time. A new study finds that Mercury may h
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DNA solves the mystery of a body found in the Arctic in 1859
Scientists have used DNA from living descendants to identify four more members of the doomed Franklin expedition, including Harry Peglar, wh
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How two satellites are studying hurricanes during El Niño
In November 2025, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastruct
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'Peculiar' new species of Jurassic squid found in Wyoming
A "peculiar" new species of Jurassic squid-like animal has been unearthed in Wyoming, U.S., following the discovery of two exceptionally rar
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Scientists create brilliant white material without a drop of white pigment
Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFA
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Bulimba Creek tops Brisbane waterways for hazardous microplastics, risk analysis finds
A QUT investigation of the composition of microplastic types in three Brisbane creeks found that Bulimba Creek had a high load of hazardous
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