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We're starting to understand what being bullied does to the brain

Being bullied when young seems to alter your brain structure for years to come – with different changes seen in

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Warmer winters mean world’s highest places may store less carbon

The Tibetan plateau Nicolas Marino/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is raising winter temperatures faster than those of summer, especially in

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Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s

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Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins

The Nobel prize committee announce the chemistry prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP

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MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

MDMA has long been used recreationally but it has faced obstacles getting approved for medical therapies Shutterstock / Couperfield “The

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Which AI chatbot is best at avoiding disinformation?

Russian propaganda about its invasion of Ukraine is affecting AI chatbot accuracy Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Artificial intelligence chatbots struggle to consistently

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Radioactive ion beam could target tumours more precisely

A PET scan of a mouse receiving radioactive ion beam treatment. The edges of the tumour are marked with a

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Bacteria can work as a team to spot prime numbers and vowels

Scientists have genetically engineered bacteria derived from Escherichia coli into simple computers Siarhei Yurchanka / Alamy Genetically engineered bacteria can

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AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert

A 22-metre-long drawing depicting a killer whale holding a knife Masato Sakai Hundreds of ancient drawings depicting decapitated human heads

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XEC: What we know about the new covid-19 variant and its symptoms

Covid-19 variant XEC may spread more easily than previous variants Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock A new covid-19 variant called XEC has started