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Butterfly numbers ‘worryingly low’ despite good weather | Science & Tech News
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Butterfly numbers are still “worryingly low” despite a warm and sunny spell leading to increased sightings of certain butterfly species over the summer. Sightings of the popular garden species, the Comma, increased by 95% compared to last year, according to the results of the annual Big Butterfly Count in the UK. The Gatekeeper, a species…
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Phone chargers to be standardised across Europe from 2024 – forcing Apple to change to USB-C | Science & Tech News
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Get ready for the bold new future with one charging wire On an ordinary working day, I lug around a laptop, an iPhone, an Android phone, some bike lights and a pair of earbuds. As a result, I also carry six separate chargers, usually in the form of a complex knot at the bottom of…
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Dimorphos asteroid being trailed by 6,000 miles of debris after impact by NASA’s DART spacecraft | Science & Tech News
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More than 6,000 miles of debris is trailing behind an asteroid that was deliberately hit by a NASA spacecraft. The image was captured by a telescope in Chile two days after last month’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). It shows a tail made up of dust and other material from the impact by the spacecraft…
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Planetary rover destined for missions on the Moon or Mars undergoes test in Milton Keynes | Science & Tech News
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A planetary rover that could end up being used to build habitats on the Moon or explore the surface of Mars has been put through its paces at a quarry in Milton Keynes. The Sample Fetch Rover (SFR), affectionately called Anon, was originally built to collect sample tubes left on Mars by another rover called…
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Twitter rolling out edit feature to some users in Canada, Australia and New Zealand | Science & Tech News
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Twitter is now offering the option to edit a tweet to some users in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. People in those countries who subscribe to the paid Twitter Blue service will be able to change their posts. The company said the feature is “coming soon” for the American market, despite it having been tested…
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Hi-tech gardens at Natural History Museum to track how wildlife reacts to climate | Science & Tech News
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The Natural History Museum is creating hi-tech gardens full of sensors to look at how wildlife reacts to changes in climate and can be better protected in our towns and cities. The gardens will allow researchers to look at the kind of life that makes these environments home, from insects and frogs to tiny microscopic…
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Swedish scientist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for work on human evolution | Science & Tech News
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A Swedish scientist who used DNA sequencing to find the link between extinct people and modern humans has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Paabo was given what is arguably the most prestigious prize in the scientific world for discoveries “concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”. He…
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Stadia to shut next year after Google says it didn’t gain enough ‘traction’ with gamers | Science & Tech News
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Google has said it’s shutting down its Stadia cloud gaming service early next year. It launched three years ago and allows players to stream games to their TV, laptop or phone without needing a console. But Google said it had made the “difficult decision” because it hadn’t “gained the traction with users that we expected”.…
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Crackdown needed to stop children buying vapes, experts warn | Science & Tech News
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Experts have called for a crackdown on selling vapes to children to avoid exposing them to unnecessary risks. Researchers found that although it was clear that vaping was better than smoking in the short and medium term, little is known about its long-term health impacts. Although the study, commissioned by the Department of Health, concluded…
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New study ‘gives best indication yet’ that there is liquid water on Mars | Science & Tech News
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British scientists say they have found evidence which “gives the best indication yet that there is liquid water on Mars”. Their study is the first independent lead using data, apart from radar, that such water lies beneath the red planet’s south polar ice cap. But the experts have also cautioned that it “does not necessarily…