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Should we be worried about AI’s growing energy use?

The expanding use of large AI models demands huge numbers of powerful servers, which could end up consuming as much energy as whole countries

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Sea life in the Ordovician period

Life

Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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Mind

Professional goalkeepers perceive the world differently

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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen

Space

ISS livestream: Watch a live link-up with astronaut Andreas Mogensen

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Life

Pickled snake in museum is a new species 鈥� but may already be extinct

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A meteor from the Draconid meteor shower

Space

How to see the Draconid meteor shower peak tonight

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Space

How asteroids can help us understand our place in the cosmos

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Cultured MDCK cells

Life

Some of our cells move 鈥� and they do it by emitting lots of chemicals

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A solar flare, a tremendous explosion on the sun that happens when energy stored in "twisted" magnetic fields is suddenly released

Space

Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago

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Mind

Placebos may ease pain by acting on brain systems linked to emotions

Placebos may minimise pain by decreasing activity in systems of the brain that regulate emotions, a discovery that could help us to harness the placebo effect to ease discomfort

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Online game could deter people from being radicalised into terrorism

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Environment

Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

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Environment

Countries need to coordinate climate action, says former UK adviser

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Space

Why trying to photograph a black hole was a massive gamble

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