Risk of peanut allergies from air on planes has been overblown
Filters on commercial flights seem to stop peanut particles from circulating around aircraft, making the risk of a serious allergic…
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Ancient tools on Sulawesi may be clue to origins of ‘hobbit’ hominins
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a likely stepping stone for ancient hominins to reach nearby Flores, the home of…
Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren’t ended
After comparing people with brain injuries whose life support was continued with those who had it turned off, scientists calculated…
LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected
A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole merger
Elon Musk asks court to decide if GPT-4 has human-level intelligence
As part of a lawsuit against OpenAI, billionaire Elon Musk has asked a court to determine whether GPT-4 is an…
Blue Ghost spacecraft makes second-ever commercial landing on the moon
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a…
Why huge ape Gigantopithecus went extinct up to 295,000 years ago
The mysterious giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki died out up to 295,000 years ago, after failing to adapt to a changing…
Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they’re not from space
The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to…
Mosquitoes made immune to malaria could help stamp out the disease
A gene-editing technique makes mosquitoes produce antibodies against the malaria parasite, which could mean cases in people are also slashed
DeepMind AI gets silver medal at International Mathematical Olympiad
AlphaProof, an AI from Google DeepMind, came close to matching the top participants in a prestigious competition for young mathematicians