Science
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County Durham woman told breast cancer tests were negative before rare diagnosis
Alison Deighton, 69, says her cancer test was misread as negative before a rare breast cancer diagnosis amid the County Durham NHS breast care scandal.
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Bradford researchers uncover the real appeal of murder mysteries
CRIME fiction readers are drawn to human relationships and psychological depth
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AI just found new solutions for magnetic fields in fusion reactors
Google's Gemini 4 Argon helps solve a 59-year-old fusion energy mystery in hours, beating decades of physics theory
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BP oil disaster linked to 60% collapse in deep-sea marine life
In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined
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Mint Mobile Promo Codes and Deals for October 2026
Reduce your monthly cell phone bill with these active Mint Mobile coupons and promos, limited-time promotions, and 5G plan savings.
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Say ‘Bye’ to Low Power Mode With These Discounted Portable Chargers
You can never have too many portable chargers, especially when they’re this discounted.
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New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph
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Are we about to solve the greatest mystery of the neutrino?
We have long had a seemingly simple question about neutrinos: how much do they weigh? Now, a gigantic experiment in China is poised to find out – and the answer could transform particle physics forever
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How beaver 'starter homes' are solving a pressing problem in US rivers
Jackson Ramsays' ranch in southwest Wyoming is one of many areas embracing the semiaquatic rodents as nature's engineers
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Government says Boulby dark matter experiment would require additional funding
A FLAGSHIP scientific project that could bring Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to North Yorkshire would require extra Government funding if a UK bid is successful, ministers have said.
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Bottlenose whales may look after each other when they’re sick
Northern bottlenose whales are more likely to stick together when individuals are poorly or emaciated
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Election Offices in at Least 32 States Have Received Suspicious Letters
WIRED contacted officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC to uncover the extent of a harassment campaign ahead of the midterms.
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Government says Boulby dark matter experiment would require additional funding
A FLAGSHIP scientific project that could bring Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to North Yorkshire would require extra Government funding if a UK bid is successful, ministers have said.
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WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot
Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.
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OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”
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It's about to get a lot harder to keep countries honest about climate change
A row over when to publish crucial climate change assessments risks letting countries off the hook on emissions cuts
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Japan Is Attempting an Audacious Mission to Sample a Martian Moon
JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.
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Somehow, It’s Already Time to Start Planning Holiday Cards. This Sale Can Help
Mixbook is the best holiday photo card service I’ve tried, and you can snag 50 percent off its holiday cards right now.
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Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples
A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples
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Discovery of T. rex's cousin upends our understanding of tyrannosaur evolution
A dinosaur that is new to science has features of both subfamilies of the tyrannosaur group, complicating our understanding of how they evolved
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US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.
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Your Fall Comfort Food Deserves an All-Clad Upgrade
Upgrade your cold-weather cooking setup with discounted cookware for soups, stews, and roasts.
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Email reveals what Peter Mathieson really thinks about university programme closures
Sir Peter Mathieson defended recent programme closures at Edinburgh University in an email sent to a student and a number of regional MSPs.
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Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits Card
The entertainment giant hopes to get trust and safety tech, among other IP, from a startup whose chatbots dozens of states allege encouraged minors to self-harm and kill their parents.
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Maricopa County, Arizona, Is Again Ground Zero of Election Conspiracy Theories
In 2020, Maricopa County became the epicenter for Trump’s claims the election was stolen. Six years, later the president and his allies are dusting off their “rigged” playbook ahead of the midterms.
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How the Xbox’s Disc-to-Digital Program Works
Microsoft is letting players digitize their game discs for free, but don't sell your physical collection just yet.
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How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED—and Everyone Else
WIRED was the first magazine to cover Theranos and its enticing billionaire founder. There were warning signs even then.
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The ‘youth protein’ that protects brain cells from age-related decline
Discovery may potentially lead to future treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
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Russian military satellite closes from 200 miles to 3 miles of US radar satellite aiding Ukraine — astronomer says it may be the first unapproved rendezvous in low Earth orbit
Russia didn’t burn that fuel by accident: it’s likely spying on the satellite and testing the West.
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The Story of Billy Evans and ‘Theranos 2.0’
Elizabeth Holmes’ husband is a major figure in Nathan Fielder’s new documentary. But who is Billy Evans—and is he really working on a second blood-testing company?
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Data Centers
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El Niño is dramatically increasing sea levels – how bad could it get?
El Niño has already raised sea levels in part of the eastern Pacific by 40 centimetres and as it continues to strengthen, there could be coastal flooding from Alaska to Chile
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Archaeologists are uncovering the meaning of a unique rock art site
Excavations in the Côa valley in Portugal, the world’s largest site of Palaeolithic open-air rock art, are yielding clues about how engravings of animals were seen by prehistoric hunter-gatherers
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Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything
Including what Elizabeth Holmes said to him last week. A WIRED exclusive interview with the comic auteur, as his first feature film hits theaters.
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Trump’s science cuts fuel exodus of America’s brightest minds
Many American scientists are being recruited by foreign universities holding out offers of stable funding and academic freedom
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Possible wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane likely to be trees, say researchers
Researchers travelled to a remote Pacific Island to confirm whether an object first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020 solved the mystery of the pilot's disappearance.
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County Durham NHS boss identifies 'Mr Irfan' after breast cancer surgery mystery
County Durham NHS Trust has identified a previously unknown surgeon whose name appeared in the medical records of a breast cancer patient.
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Error-correction record pushes quantum computers closer to usefulness
Useful quantum computers will have to use many “logical qubits” as their computational building blocks, and researchers just broke the record for how reliable they can be
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Cryptomining
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Space
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Why the Drake equation is still important 65 years after its creation
The Drake equation provides a way to guess how many aliens we might be able to communicate with, but it’s also a prime example of the importance of scientific guessing, says columnist Leah Crane
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Insta360 Luna Gimbal Camera Gives You the Steady Shots Your Audience Deserves
Insta360’s Luna Pro and Luna Ultra are the ideal cameras for solo filmmakers, content creators, and independent journalists.
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UK Weather: Stormy weather possible as jet stream roars to life
Gales are possible later this week as a deep low pressure system crosses the UK, but uncertainty remains whether impacts will be enough for it to be a named storm.
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The engineer who believes Scotland can become Britain's energy battery
AECOM's Eloise John discusses Scotland's renewable energy future, the challenge of delivering net zero infrastructure and the lessons learned during her career.
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Japan's MMX mission set to grab a piece of Mars's moon Phobos
A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
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Warning signs could predict inflammatory bowel disease a decade before diagnosis
Antibody patterns in the blood may help doctors identify people at risk so they can be treated earlier, research shows
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UCLA researchers built a $400 humanoid robot around cheap phone technology
This open-source humanoid robot walks, tracks people, and gets back up using inexpensive hardware and a smartphone instead of dedicated sensors
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Dark Souls 2 dataminer shows off massive prototype coliseum level from early development
Bigger than the ones in Elden Ring, for what it's worth.
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