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Supermassive black hole pictures: Scientists release new sharper images after using technology to fill gaps | World News
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Scientists have released new, clearer images of a supermassive black hole which was first discovered in 2019. The new image retains the distinctive shape that the first image was compared to – one astrophysicist refers to the original as a “fuzzy orange doughnut” – but is far sharper. Four years ago, the global Event…
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Ghana becomes first country to approve Oxford malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M | World News
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Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University. R21/Matrix-M was shown to be up to 80% effective in a trial involving 400 children in Burkina Faso, published in September. Malaria kills more than 600,000 people each year, most of them children in Africa, and…
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ChatGPT-powered Furby reveals toy’s ‘plan to take over the world’ | Science & Tech News
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Furby was no doubt one of the creepiest toys to emerge from the 90s, and the dead-eyed robots are finding new ways to horrify 25 years on. The pointy-eared monstrosities were pitched as an interactive pet with none of the mess back in 1998 and used a combination of sensors and software to develop new…
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Deepest fish ever recorded revealed by scientists | World News
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Scientists have set a new record for the deepest fish ever caught on camera – as well as the deepest catch ever made. The juvenile fish – a type of snailfish – was filmed swimming at 8,336m (27,349ft) in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan. The previous record – also a snailfish – was recorded…
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Stressed plants emit sounds that can be heard by animals, new study finds | World News
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Stressed plants emit sounds and these noises can be heard by animals, a new study finds. The frequency of these noises were too high for humans to detect, but researchers believe they can be heard by insects, other mammals, and possibly other plants. According to the research, “stressed” plants that have not been watered for…
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World’s first artificial shooting star display to be launched by Japanese space start up | World News
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A Tokyo-based space company, ALE, has announced it will create the world’s first artificial meteor shower in 2025 – producing man-made shooting stars that could be seen from the UK. Named project Sky Canvas, the celestial light show will involve launching satellites up into space and deploying “space fireworks”. The objective is entertainment on an…
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Star Wars star Mark Hamill lends voice to air raid alert app to warn Ukrainians of Russian strikes | World News
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Star Wars star Mark Hamill is lending his voice to an air raid alert app to warn Ukrainians of incoming Russian bombardments. “Attention. Air raid alert,” he says in the calming, wise manner of his famous character Luke Skywalker. “Proceed to the nearest shelter. “Don’t be careless. Your overconfidence is your weakness.” Losing city ‘could…
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TikTok ‘not an agent of China’: Chief executive Shou Zi Chew defends video app during tense US Congress hearing | World News
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TikTok’s chief executive has sought to reassure US Congress that the Chinese-owned video app is not “an agent” of Beijing and poses no risk to national security. Shou Zi Chew faced hours of tough questioning by deputies in the House of Representatives convinced that the popular app is a “tool” of the Chinese Communist Party.…
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Where TikTok is restricted around the world as the UK government considers taking action | Science & Tech News
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TikTok could find itself in the crosshairs of UK authorities as they consider whether the video-sharing app should be banned. Security minister Tom Tugendhat told Sky News he had asked the National Cyber Security Centre to look into the Chinese-owned platform, which has more than one billion users worldwide. Despite its popularity, it has come…
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Bird flu spillover ‘concerning’, doctor warns – as virus in girl who died had mutations making it better adapted to humans | World News
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The bird flu virus isolated from a girl who died from the disease had mutations that made it better adapted to human cells, Sky News has learned. The 11-year-old is believed to have been infected by poultry kept by her family in Prey Veng province, in the south of Cambodia. Her father also tested positive…