How deadly is mpox and what treatments are available?
When the fever, pains and pus-filled lesions of an mpox infection strike, how dangerous is it and how can it…
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Australia places A$1 billion bet on quantum computing firm PsiQuantum
A joint investment by the Australian federal government and the government of Queensland makes PsiQuantum one of the largest dedicated…
Bisexual women expect to have an orgasm with women more than with men
When asked to imagine a hypothetical sexual encounter, bisexual women anticipated that they would be more likely to orgasm with…
DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful
By working out which small mutations will probably be damaging, Google DeepMind’s AlphaMissense system could help doctors identify the cause…
Should we be worried about AI’s growing energy use?
The expanding use of large AI models demands huge numbers of powerful servers, which could end up consuming as much…
Lead exposure linked to higher risk of engaging in criminal behaviour
Higher exposure to lead in childhood is associated with a greater likelihood of criminality, a review of 17 studies has…
Forests’ vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
The loss of snow cover in temperate forests is set to slow their growth and reduce their ability to remove…
We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed
An extremely precise detection method for single electrons, which pins down the particles with a resolution of trillionths of a…
Could Israel’s bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?
Attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities have already triggered at least one internal radiation leak, but should we be concerned that…
Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity
Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it…