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People who are blind can navigate indoors with a phone in their pocket

Two wayfinding apps use motion sensors and AI to help people who are blind navigate a building, without needing to hold their phone out in front of them and risk theft

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Humans

Submerged wall could be the largest Stone Age megastructure in Europe

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Space

Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning

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Wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans)

Environment

Half of migratory animal species are in decline – many face extinction

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The Cheshire cat from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Physics

Quantum Cheshire Cat effect may separate a particle from its momentum

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Mind

Babies in bilingual homes have distinct brain patterns at 4 months old

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Technology

Deepfake videos create false memories – but so do fake articles

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Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

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Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

Analysis

Newton’s first law says that objects move at constant speeds until a force affects them

Physics

Newton’s first law appears to break down in the quantum realm

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Life

Shortage of male turtles could be solved by splash of cold seawater

Over 99 per cent of green turtles born on beaches in the northern Great Barrier Reef are now female due to nest overheating, but cooling their nests with seawater may help to rebalance the sex ratio

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Earth

GPS could predict earthquakes two hours ahead, but there's a catch

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Chemistry

Widely used chemicals can now be made without using toxic gas

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Health

Deep-brain probe can read a rat's brain without surgical implants

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Environment

Much of Greenland's ice could melt even if world doesn't get warmer

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