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An analysis of 630 billion words published online suggests that people tend to think of men when using gender-neutral terms, a sexist bias that could be learned by AI models

Under severe warming scenarios, the risk is growing that areas of the western US will experience extreme rainfall within a year or so of being hit by a wildfire

By sending light through urine it’s possible to generate a hologram that can reveal the presence of bacteria or other signs of disease

Interactive simulacra of the planet are being created to help people and organisations explore the impacts of climate change and how we adapt to them

Corvids such as rooks and crows seem to have a unusually high number of interneurons, brain cells involved in processing information

A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic

Sonoluminescence, in which small bubbles in a liquid produce flashes of light when they collapse, is now known to be a quantum process

Nicole Boivin demoted at human history institute for a second time

The Avar traveled from Mongolia to Hungary in the span of a decade or two, DNA evidence confirms

The European Union’s plan to achieve climate neutrality could lead to more deforestation because it ignores what happens when more land is used to produce bioenergy

Pupae of the green-veined white butterfly use more energy if autumn is long and warm, which leaves them too weak to emerge as butterflies in spring - and the results might apply to other butterfly species too

It's always a little tough to come back from work travel, but I am getting there. Hope you had a good weekend, and that you have a relaxing weekend. See you on Monday! 

Download the puzzles from the April print issue of Chemistry World

Via WWMT, this unfortunate circumstance for Pfizer hourly employees: 

PORTAGE, Mich. — Pfizer employees say they're frustrated and angry over a payroll mistake that could force them to give back money some have already spent.

"I think everybody is just really disheartened with how all of this was handled. To ask for this money back, is just I think morally wrong,” said one employee who requested anonymity, over fear of retribution from Pfizer.

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The funny business of being the office comedian

US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups

Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection

One legislator simulates peer review to make her selection process more rigorous

“Significant concerns” also found about behavior to lab members

Strategies by First Nations peoples triples size of dwindling herd

A genetic test gives results in half an hour to show if a person may become deaf in response to certain antibiotics, so can be used for babies with suspected sepsis who need treatment fast