AI beats human experts at distinguishing American whiskey from Scotch
[ad_1] Colour, smell, taste and chemical constituents can all be used to distinguish whiskies Jane Barlow/PA Images/Alamy Artificial intelligence can tell Scotch whisky from American
Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide
[ad_1] Plastic food packaging can expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of cases
Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth’s surface?
[ad_1] Drill rig in Nebraska run by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC, which established its first hydrogen borehole in 2019 Viacheslav Zgonnik For the past few
Ultracold atoms measure gravity with surprising precision
[ad_1] An atom interferometer can make ultra-precise measurements of gravity RAL Space/IQO Hannover Extremely cold atoms have been used to measure gravity more precisely than
AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement
[ad_1] AI found a new way to entangle particles of light luchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers discovered a new
The theory of evolution can evolve without rejecting Darwinism
[ad_1] Darwinian thinking has been challenged many times, starting with co-discoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace, who disagreed with some aspects of Charles Darwin’s
Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates
[ad_1] Someone’s kidneys could be a decade older, biologically, than their brain Christian Kitzmuller/Alamy Our organs appear to age at different rates, with our lungs
The way Cheerios stick together has inspired a new kind of robot
[ad_1] A robot inspired by Cheerios releasing alcohol fuel with a fluorescent dye Jackson K. Wilt et al. 2024 The same phenomena that let beetles
Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus
[ad_1] The H5N1 bird flu virus has caused sporadic cases in humans Luca Bruno/Associated Press/Alamy If the H5N1 bird flu virus sparks a pandemic, older
Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
[ad_1] Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearby Google Earth Archaeologists have discovered a massive network of