AI beats human experts at distinguishing American whiskey from Scotch
Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies from different countries and identify their constitue
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Hopes for new physics dashed by ordinary-looking W bosons at CERN
In 2022, physicists were excited by hints that something was wrong with our understanding of the universe - but new…
Hunter-gatherers in Tanzania have incredibly diverse gut microbiomes
The huge diversity of the gut microbiome of Hadza hunter-gatherers from Tanzania hints at how industrialisation has influenced the variety…
Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life
People who do several very short bouts of strenuous activity each day are much less likely to die in the…
Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Athena set to blast off to the moon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to launch a number of missions, including a private lunar lander, a lunar…
AI noise-cancelling headphones let you focus on just one voice
You can blank out certain types of background noise and focus on just one conversation using prototype noise-cancelling headphones
Everything we know about the EG.5 covid-19 variant and its symptoms
EG.5, the latest omicron covid-19 subvariant that is being dubbed "Eris", may spread more easily than past versions of the…
Nobel prize for chemistry goes to trio behind quantum dots work
The 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry has gone to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for inventing quantum dots,…
We’ve seen a star devouring a planet for the first time
In a preview of what’s to come for Earth in about 5 billion years, astronomers have spotted a sun-like star…
Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain
Scientists have found a way to boost the brain's system to clear waste from the organ in mice, which could…