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AI-generated ads fooled marketing experts and outperformed typical US print ads on a test that measured creativity and potential to spur emotional responses

The weather picked up mid-morning, so I pinged my photo buddy Andy to see if he fancied taxiing me to Devil’s Dyke to seek out the cluster of Dingy Skipper butterflies not by others at this chalky embankment adjacent to Newmarket Racecourse. He did and within seconds of stepping on to the Dyke, we’d seen … Continue reading "Searching for Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages, at Devil’s Dyke, Cambridgeshire"

Only 13% of the world’s methane emissions are covered by agreements to reduce them

At least one cryptocurrency based on the old version of Ethereum is still vulnerable to a software flaw that enables attackers to steal funds

It’s been a while, but space agencies are starting to plan their trips back to our satellite, with the goal of building semi-permanent bases

The principle of least action has been a key law of physics since the 18th century, but has only now been directly observed in the quantum realm thanks to an experiment with single particles of light

Due to the corrosive effect of their faeces, bats have engineered larger caves in the iron-rich earth of Carajás National Forest in Brazil, creating more stalagmites and stalactites

Naked mole rats’ secret to a long life is an abundance of hyaluronic acid, and new research shows this substance can also help mice live longer, age slower and avert cancer

Guanidinium sulfate-based clathrate salt can cage the gas cheaply and release it easily

The West African liana Triphyophyllum peltatum can grow special leaves that trap insects, but we now know it only does this when the soil is lacking in phosphorus

Use of viruses poses significant risks and, for now, prevents retreatment if benefits fade

Unease greets opening of high security research facility in Kansas

Use of highly enriched fuel in civilian reactor would contravene decades-old nonproliferation policy

As Omicron persists, consensus grows for abandoning the ancestral coronavirus strain to improve immune responses