Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies
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Mice that had been genetically modified to lack the ability to smell could sniff out hidden cookies when sensory neurons from rats were grown in their brains ..read more
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Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of genetic diversity
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Intensive breeding since the 19th century has created thousands of varieties of rose, but a reduction in genetic diversity could leave them vulnerable to diseases and climate change ..read more
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Why curbing chatbots' worst exploits is a game of whack-a-mole
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AI companies are trying to impose safety measures on their chatbots, while researchers are finding ways around them all the time. Where will this end, asks Alex Wilkins ..read more
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Brain activity seems to be more complex in baby girls than boys
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When fetuses and babies were exposed to sound stimuli, their brains' subsequent electrical activity appeared to be more complicated in the females than the males ..read more
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India’s healthcare system falls short despite Modi’s improvements
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More than 1.4 billion people live in India, giving its healthcare system a major role in planetary well-being. In the past 10 years, prime minister Narendra Modi has worked to improve India's healthcare, but there is still much work to be done ..read more
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Why we need to modernise our emotional relationship with cancer
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Cancer has been one of the world's most feared diseases for decades. But this "cancerphobia" no longer matches the evidence and is doing great harm, argues David Ropeik ..read more
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The next frontier of forensic science: blood splatter in microgravity?
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Feedback is pleased to see that researchers are looking into the urgent issue of which angle blood might travel at following a violent act in space ..read more
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Can India build a world-leading computer chip industry from scratch?
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India currently has a fairly small chip-manufacturing industry, but prime minister Narendra Modi wants the country to become a dominant player in the sector in just a few years ..read more
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A radical new book sets out to hunt for 'pure consciousness'
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Thomas Metzinger's The Elephant and the Blind explores deep meditation, which can take us to states where the sense of self vanishes, arguing that this may be crucial in cracking consciousness ..read more
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Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a third lunar night
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Almost all moon landers break down during the extraordinary cold of lunar night, but Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon has astonishingly survived three nights ..read more
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