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The moral mozzie minefield
A powerful new genetic technique funded by the Gates Foundation could exterminate all mozzies. But as much as they peeve off, can we play Aero-God ... get it 😂?

Adam Spencer
6 days ago
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Are you thinking... about thinking?
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about a deep brain structure called the thalamus, giving us rare insight into consciousness itself.

Adam Spencer
Jun 11
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Mum, I’m marrying my AI!
80% of Gen Z would be open to marrying an AI, according to a recent article in Forbes magazine. Is this the gateway to deeper questions about machine intelligence, or merely marketing hype?

Adam Spencer
Jun 4
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Trump’s NASA budget cuts end search for alien life
Brutal cuts to NASA’s funding – including 47% slashed from its science budget and the abrupt end of a vital alliance to find life on Mars – point to a betrayal of science and global cooperation.

Adam Spencer
May 14
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Meet the dice that will break your brain
Monopoly, Yahtzee, Backgammon? When I say ‘dice’ you think of little cubes numbered 1-6. But if you expand your mind and let the dice get a bit crazy, the fun really starts. Let's change the way you see dice forever!

Adam Spencer
May 7
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Game of Clones: When is a wolf not a wolf?
Global headlines have been made by the birth of three pups—Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi—genetically engineered to exhibit traits of the extinct dire wolf, which vanished over 10,000 years ago. But are these pups truly members of a resurrected species, or just current day wolves with a (ethical) twist?

Adam Spencer
Apr 26
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Cracking the perfect boiled egg - a tasty piece of science
Fed up with rubber-tough white and chalky yolk, or a weepy undercooked mess? A team of Italian materials scientists has finally cracked the problem but their solution, published in the prestigious journal Communications Engineering, might raise a few eyebrows.

Adam Spencer
Apr 21
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Quantum: The 'spooky' world of the incredibly small
This World Quantum Day, welcome to the realm of the phenomenally small where our every intuition is shattered at the tiniest level.

Adam Spencer
Apr 8
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Piracy vs Progress: AI’s great copyright heist
From LibGen to Llama: How tech giants download pirated books to build AI models while creators go unpaid and ethical questions mount.

Adam Spencer
Apr 2
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Super particle reveals secrets of the universe
An incredibly lucky find of an incredibly rarely seen particle sheds light on deep cosmological questions.

Adam Spencer
Mar 23
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Has a new AI cracked creative writing?
As always, people are divided. Some laud its metafictional genius. Others call it pastiche garbage. Nerd News invites you to be the judge.

Adam Spencer
Mar 18
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An Einstein π mash-up!
14 March is both Albert Einstein’s birthday and a day for maths nerds to celebrate the glory of π. Let’s get our geek on double time!

Adam Spencer
Mar 12
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Is this the smartest AI ever?
Open AI’s Deep Research is like a specialised assistant who can analyse texts, write reports and identify knowledge gaps in c. 30 minutes.

Adam Spencer
Mar 5
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A staggeringly large crypto theft!
North Korean badasses have stolen USD $2.5 billion in the largest crypto theft ever. Who is ByBit? And how good are the hackers?

Adam Spencer
Feb 25
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The monkey of Venice
Two Aussie geeks have confirmed what we've long suspected about monkeys and Shakespeare.

Adam Spencer
Feb 19
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The mathematics and science of Valentine’s Day
Beneath the romance, there’s a hidden world - from the geometry of love to evolutionary biology.

Adam Spencer
Feb 13
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Will 2024 YR4 spell danger in 2032 4US?
Scientists discover asteroid on potential collision course to Earth - and the doomsday gears start turning.

Adam Spencer
Feb 10
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DeepSeek: Game changer or flash in the pan?
A global stock market shock caused by a Chinese AI company that didn’t exist 18 months ago...

Adam Spencer
Feb 5
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Solve a birthday brainbuster and win a book
While I’m not big on publicly sharing my birthday, I love the dynamic mathematical subbranch of birthday logic puzzles.

Adam Spencer
Jan 29
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Hello 2025 + a brand new year of geekery
Instead of saying, “Have a happy 2025”, why not really nerd it up and say, "Have a happy 45²!"

Adam Spencer
Jan 22
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