How to hug people in a coronavirus-stricken world
5 August 2020
Hugging has benefits for our health that might make it worth doing despite coronavirus risks – here’s how to reduce the chance you’ll pass on the virus
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Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave
4 August 2020
The US is battling a massive second wave of coronavirus cases and has no cohesive national strategy to stop the spread
Termite intruders evolved cowardice to squat in another species’ nest
4 August 2020
Inquiline termites can’t build their own nests and instead sneak into the homes built by another termite species. When the host attacks, the freeloaders run away
Quantum version of the ancient game of Go could be ultimate AI test
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DeepMind’s AlphaZero AI has conquered Go, an ancient Chinese board game, to become the best player in the world, but a quantum version of the game is much harder
Beautiful shell carving was part of Incan offering to Lake Titicaca
3 August 2020
A 500-year-old stone box found in Lake Titicaca contains a llama carved from mollusc shell and a miniature gold bracelet. They may have been part of a human sacrifice offering to the lake itself
Opening schools in UK without more testing risks covid-19 second wave
3 August 2020
The UK faces a second wave of coronavirus infections this winter if the country’s testing and contact tracing system does not improve by the time schools reopen, researchers have warned
Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions
31 July 2020
Although solar panels are a source of renewable energy, making them has an environmental impact. A new type of panel has a lower carbon footprint than traditional silicon ones
Australia will use robot boats to find asylum seekers at sea
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Five-metre-long uncrewed vessels that look like miniature sailing boats will be able to operate at sea for extended periods of time, but plans to look for asylum seekers have human rights groups concerned
Leonardo da Vinci saw a whale fossil that opened his mind to deep time
31 July 2020
Renaissance-era polymath Leonardo da Vinci may have seen a whale fossil in his youth, prompting him to speculate that Earth was enormously old
Dark matter map hints at cracks in our understanding of the universe
31 July 2020
A new survey suggests dark matter is more evenly spread through space than we had thought, which might mean we don’t fully understand how gravity works on large scales
