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Environment

What is the UN high seas treaty and will it save the world鈥檚 oceans?

Nations have for the first time agreed on a framework for protecting marine life in international waters, but there are many issues still to be ironed out

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The magnificent spiral galaxy M99 fills the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. M99 ??? which lies roughly 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices ??? is a ???grand design??? spiral galaxy, so-called because of the well-defined, prominent spiral arms visible in this image. M99 was captured by Hubble???s Wide Field Camera 3 on two separate occasions, helping astronomers study two entirely different astronomical phenomena.?? The first set of observations aimed to explore a gap between two different varieties of cosmic explosions; novae and supernovae. Novae, which are caused by the interactions between white dwarfs and larger stars in binary systems, are far less bright than the supernovae which mark the catastrophically violent deaths of massive stars. However, current astronomical theories predict that sudden, fleeting events could occur that shine with brightnesses between those of novae and supernovae. Despite being described by astronomers as being shrouded in mystery and controversy, just such an event was observed in M99. Astronomers turned to Hubble???s keen vision to take a closer look and precisely locate the fading source. The second set of observations were part of a large Hubble project which aims to chart the connections between young stars and the clouds of cold gas from which they form. Hubble inspected 38 nearby galaxies, identifying clusters of hot, young stars. These galaxies were also observed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a colossal radio telescope consisting of 66 individual dishes perched high in the Chilean Andes. The combination of Hubble???s observations of young stars and ALMA???s insight into clouds of cold gas will allow astronomers to delve into the details of star formation, and paves the way for future science with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.??

Space

Galaxies鈥� missing matter may be found 鈥� but now there鈥檚 too much of it

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A flying drone can now be controlled via ChatGPT

Technology

Microsoft uses ChatGPT AI to control flying drones and robot arms

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Technology

Heating water with computer servers could save UK homes 拢150 a year

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A tightly arranged collection of copper and silver-colored metallic tubes and cylinders comprise the inside of a quantum computer

Physics

Quantum computers that use ‘cat qubits’ may make fewer errors

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Robot hand

Technology

Wooden robot hand can lift objects and withstand high temperatures

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Philippine eagle

Life

There may be just 800 of these endangered eagles left in the wild

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Big cats, such as lions and tigers, have tested positive for the coronavirus before, but this is the first known case of a lion probably transmitting the infection to zoo workers

Health

Lion infected with covid-19 probably passed it on to two zoo workers

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Screenshot from the Atari game Skiing

Technology

AI masters video game 6000 times faster by reading the instructions

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Life

Dogs living near Chernobyl are genetically different to other groups

The genomes of dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine have been sequenced to investigate how they may have been affected by high levels of radiation

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Humans

Earliest signs of horse riding found in 5000-year-old human remains

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Health

Man in Florida killed by rare, brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri

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Technology

Play VR games on a bus by wiggling your fingers as if they were arms

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Technology

AI speeds up design of new antibodies that could target breast cancer

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