Tree plantations with diverse species grow better than monocultures
19 May 2022
Forests can produce more timber or store more carbon if they contain a mixture of tree species, according to an analysis of 273 studies around the world
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Could monkeypox become a pandemic? Here's everything you need to know
19 May 2022
Dozens of confirmed and suspected cases have been reported worldwide to date, some with no obvious origin, which means the virus could be spreading undetected
Is DeepMind's Gato AI really a human-level intelligence breakthrough?
19 May 2022
DeepMind has released what it calls a "generalist" AI called Gato that can perform 600 tasks – but does this mean it is truly intelligent?
Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel
19 May 2022
A treatment process can turn old pieces of wood into a new super-strong material called "healed wood"
Robot can fly, swim or hitch a ride by sticking to other objects
18 May 2022
An amphibious drone that can attach itself to other objects with a suction cup could be used to track marine animals such as whales
Young wasps routinely eat their own siblings in the nest
18 May 2022
Isodontia harmandi wasps make nests and leave food for their young in bamboo canes. When that food runs out, the larvae turn to cannibalism
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches to ISS despite thruster issue
18 May 2022
At the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil, but Boeing hopes to change that with an uncrewed test of its Starliner spacecraft
