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We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that ...

A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experimental cryptocurrency called Quip, and it is ...

In the face of loneliness, many people are turning to AI chatbots for companionship – but research shows it can’t replace ...

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually ...

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So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, aren’t covered by climate ...

It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to close, but detailed ...

This vast network has been laid bare in the first global digital map of our planet’s mycelial networks. Not only do these ...

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casu ...

An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from quantum interactions, ...

An inside look at the extensive, weird and wonderful fungi collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the ongoing projects ...