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How we used to 'bomb' Iran.
The claim is that a peace deal has been brokered. Truth is only time will tell. But one thing we do know. 20 years ago the US went about the whole “let’s disrupt Iran’s nuke program” a completely different way.
Adam Spencer
2 days ago
What ever happened to the metaverse?.
Why aren't we living in the metaverse?
Adam Spencer
4 days ago
Apple SWEARS Siri Is About to Get Smart. We've Heard This Song Before.
Apple SWEARS Siri Is About to Get Smart. We've Heard This Song Before.
Adam Spencer
Jun 11
Happy 20th birthday Gardasil. What a brilliant drug.
Twenty years ago this week the world licensed a vaccine against a cancer.
Adam Spencer
Jun 9
We just took the biggest selfie ever: 47 million galaxies and a dark energy twist
The biggest selfie ever: 47 million galaxies and a dark energy twist
Adam Spencer
Jun 4
An AI just knocked over a famous geometry problem!
An AI just knocked over a famous geometry problem!
Adam Spencer
Jun 2
AI feature film opens in Cannes (but not at Cannes!)
Social channels have been abuzz with news of the movie Hell Grind premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.
Adam Spencer
May 28
The five things most likely to kill you. And the people selling them know.
The world's most prestigious medical journal just called out five everyday products driving one-third of all deaths. The list will not surprise you.
Adam Spencer
May 26
Another day, another, somewhat nastier, virus.
Bundibugyo ebola has no approved vaccines or antivirals. WHO's emergency call reflects complexity, not global pandemic risk.
Adam Spencer
May 21
Hantavirus. Apocalyptic superbug or covid clickbait?
Hantavirus is truly horrible but rare. WA’s quarantine move is not panic; it is a careful response to a low-risk, high-stakes virus.
Adam Spencer
May 19
Saving Corporal Reyes.
A US Marine's Osprey crashed near Darwin. Doctors combined hyperbaric oxygen with ECMO in a world-first treatment to beat deadly fungi.
Adam Spencer
May 14
Universe life gigantically shortened! But you'll still have time to read this.
A year ago this week, three Dutch researchers calmly told us the universe will die gigantically sooner than we thought. We're still here. Just.
Adam Spencer
May 12
Your eyes are lying to you. Nine purple dots prove it.
A Harvard illusion with 9 purple dots exposes how your fovea, yellow eye-filters and brain context warp colour perception in real time.
Adam Spencer
May 7
D-Day! David Attenborough turns 100.
Naturalist, TV star, global icon.
David Attenborough turns 100 on Friday.
Adam Spencer
May 5
Sam Neill kicks cancer in the cells!
Sam Neill is cancer-free after a CAR T-cell trial. Here's the beginner's guide to the "living drug" that pulled him back from the brink.
Adam Spencer
Apr 30
Game, set, match … Robot!.
Sony’s table tennis robot Ace took sets off elite humans at one of the fastest sports on Earth. BTW it sees the ball eleven times faster than you do.
Adam Spencer
Apr 28
Chess BEAST stuns world with phenomenal result.
Undefeated and seemingly undefeatable, a 20 year old Uzbeh arrives and advances to chess's biggest stage.
Adam Spencer
Apr 23
Robot SHREDS human half-marathon world record.
This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?
Adam Spencer
Apr 21
The scariest AI story of the year? Many are saying so.
This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?
Adam Spencer
Apr 15
The most famous question in the history of graph theory - but did someone say Matt Damon?
This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?
Adam Spencer
Apr 8
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