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Elusive Australian bat sometimes snacks on other bats

Australia’s greater broad-nosed bat was believed to mostly eat beetles and other insects, but hairs found in its droppings suggest it also feasts on other bats

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Earth

Huge earthquake shook Seattle 1100 years ago and it could happen again

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Humans

Ancient baskets and shoes reveal skill of prehistoric weavers

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Technology

Having books in your Zoom background makes you seem more trustworthy

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This robotic exosuit helped runners complete a 200 metre sprint nearly one second faster than when they ran the same distance without it

Technology

Exoskeleton suit boosts your legs to help you run faster

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Environment

Thousands of animal and plant species in decline across the UK

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2MBG96A FILE - Books written in the Quechua Indigenous language sit behind a student during a class on medicinal plants, at a public primary school in Licapa, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was nearly impossible before Google introduced it into its digital translation service Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The internet giant says new artificial intelligence technology is enabling it to vastly expand Google Translate?s repertoire of the

Technology

How artificial intelligence is helping keep Indigenous languages alive

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Environment

The rules protecting UK wildlife still allow horrifying practices

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Delicious Donuts in the Coffee Shop

Scientists tackling the question of free will must take great care

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The ALPHA-g experiment at CERN
Physics

Inside ALPHA-g: The detector measuring gravity’s effect on antimatter

New research has shown that if you drop a piece of antimatter, it will fall down to the ground just like regular matter.  We visited CERN's antimatter factory to find out more

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Environment

Europe’s ‘insect apocalypse’ may mostly be driven by changing weather

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Physics

Antimatter definitely doesn’t fall up, physicists confirm

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Physics

Quantum engine could power devices with an ultracold atom cloud

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Life

Ancient trilobite stuffed itself with food almost to bursting point

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