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GEMMA ACTON: There is no escape from AI. So we may as well get on board or risk being left behind

GEMMA ACTON: We can’t escape AI. So we need to get on board

The inescapable truth is that no one is going to escape AI. The happier news is that there’s a good chance it’ll improve your life very soon in ways we still can’t even imagine today.

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In the four years since, scientists have unraveled some of the biggest mysteries about COVID.

Four years on, the mysteries of COVID-19 are unravelling

Are superdodgers real? Is Covid seasonal? And what’s behind its strangest symptoms? Here’s what we’ve learned.

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At the Carillon Miami Wellness Resort, VEMI, which stands for Vibroacoustic Electro Magnetic and Infrared therapy, is one of the treatments in the resort’s five-treatment sleep circuit program.Credit...Carillon Miami Wellness Resort

People are spending $US1780 a night to sleep in a ‘cocoon’

A.I.-assisted beds, on-call hypnotherapists and sequestered guest rooms, including one inside a stainless steel sculpture, are taking sleep tourism to the next level.

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More than 130,000 two-metre-tall antennas will be installed at the Square Kilometre Array site.

Secrets of cosmos to be revealed by outback mega telescope

As a massive telescope project begins installation in Western Australia, astronomers say it will change our understanding of the universe like never before.

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Damien Boschetto's dog Muffin and (right) the titanosaur skeleton she helped find.

The border collie that found a rare intact dinosaur skeleton

Damien Boschetto and his pooch Muffin were on a walk in southern France when they both made a titanic discovery.

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The health effects of ultra-processed foods have been likened to tobacco.

Ultra-processed food is making us sick. This study proves it

Ready meals, sugary cereals and mass-produced bread are among the ultra-processed foods that are putting us at risk.

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Odysseus lunar lander on its way to the moon.

Race to the moon: Historic landing the first of many to come

The first American lunar landing since 1972 heralds a new era where private companies and governments alike are casting their eyes and ambitions skywards.

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Prince Harry and Meghan use offsetting to cut their carbon footprint.

Bad news for celebs planting trees to offset jetset lives

Trees aren’t as good at fighting global warming as we thought. 

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The world experienced its hottest year on record in 2023.

Grim run of climate record-breaking looks set to continue

The world recorded its hottest year on record in 2023, and the latest findings from the EU’s climate change service indicates the trend is set to continue.

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The Large Hadron Collider will be coming to the end of its run in 2040, but scientists are already excited about its replacement.

On a collision course with universe’s darkest secrets

A massive new device set to replace the Large Hadron Collider will be bashing tiny particles together even harder in a bid to solve cosmic conundrums.

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What is the world's healthiest breakfast?

This is the world’s No. 1 healthiest breakfast

As a longevity researcher, I’ve spent the past 20 years studying the habits of people who live to 100 years old or longer, particularly the foods they eat. And this is the No. 1 healthiest breakfast.

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New tests promise to tell you if you have the cells of a 30-year-old or a 60-year-old.

Feeling older, not wiser? It could be your biological age.

Have you ever been to a reunion and noticed some people have aged much faster than others? It could be their bilogical age at play.

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For lessons on how to age well, we could do worse than turn to Richard Morgan.

He’s 93 and as fit as a 40-year-old. Here’s how.

The human body maintains the ability to adapt to exercise at any age, showing that it’s never too late to start a fitness program.

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Childhood treatment with contaminated human growth hormone may cause the disease years later.

Alzheimer’s disease may be transmitted by medical treatment

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is commonly divided into two types. But evidence is mounting that a third, much rarer type exists as well.

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Amelia Earhart stands with her Lockheed Electra in 1937 before she and her aircraft went missing.

A 1937 calendar blunder may have led to Amelia Earhart’s plane

A miscalculation by Earhart’s navigator could have provided a robotics company searching the ocean floor with the vital clue it needed to solve the 87-year aviation mystery.

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