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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots

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Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep’s horns – and we don’t know why

Sheep skulls modified by ancient Egyptians so that their horns grew upward instead of outward B. De Cupere Sheep with deformed horns are among the

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Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans

Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible Alamy Stock Photo It’s been detected in

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Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners

A new material can bend light University of Glasgow Scientists have discovered a technique whereby light can be bent around corners, inspired by the way

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Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

China is embracing solar power, with panels on the North Barren Mountain in Zhangjiakou Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images A massive rollout of wind and solar power across

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AI models fall for the same scams that we do

Scams can fool AI models Wong Yu Liang/Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being used in attempts to scam

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Extremely rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench

Archaeologists cleaning excess mud off the Bronze Age spade Wessex Archaeology A wooden spade from the Bronze Age has been unearthed by archaeologists in the

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Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once

An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Exotic quantum rifts have been

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Motor made from bacteria parts is one of the smallest ever built

An illustration showing the natural motor of a bacterium RAMON ANDRADE 3DCIENCIA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A living motor made by combining different parts from bacteria is

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Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s hospital that lost access to