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A server on fire

Technology

Hackers can make computers destroy their own chips with electricity

A feature of server motherboards intended to allow remote updates can be abused to trick the machines into damaging themselves beyond repair

Two people spreading fertiliser in rows of cabbage plants

Environment

Human waste could help tackle a global shortage of fertiliser

Researchers have suggested that monitoring audio clips on social media could be a relatively quick, inexpensive way of tracking coronavirus cases in the community

Health

AI detects if YouTubers are infected with omicron coronavirus variant

A woman sitting at her desk

Technology

Smart office chair recognises what position you are sitting in

Screenshot of livestream of bald eagles Jackie and Shadow nesting in a pine tree in California. Credit: Friends of Big Bear Valley

Life

Watch rare livestream of bald eagles nesting on eggs in California

Time series of flame tests on different cottons

Technology

Flame-resistant variety of cotton could cut need for toxic retardants

Oyster mushrooms

Life

Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms

Fossil dinosaur egg

Life

Treasure trove of fossil eggs hints titanosaurs nested in colonies

A drone approaching a branch for sampling

Technology

Drone with sticky patches studies biodiversity by bumping into trees

Health

Avoiding liquids before surgery may be an unnecessary precaution

Most hospitals ban all drinks for two hours before surgery, but there is growing evidence that these guidelines are out of date, says Clare Wilson

Earth

How a planet became a character in my new novel

Health

We may be entering a bold new era in the treatment of depression

Health

You share a third of your oral bacteria with other people in your home

Life

Odd parasitic plant with fleshy flowers identified as new species