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Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent Watch: Dazzling dancing spiders strut their stuff. What’s behind their extraodinary diversity? It’s not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia’s dancing spiders that make them special. There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have only five or …

World Athletics chief executive Jon Ridgeon said the organisation’s health and science team had assured him the schedule change would make a “significant difference to the athletes”. Ridgeon added it was not possible to move the start time any earlier than 07:30 because of the “logistical changes required”. The women’s …

Got a song stuck in your head? Catchy songs have been around as long as there’s been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds is still a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter’s high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade …

US President Donald Trump will visit the tomb of the late Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle next week and lay a wreath as part of his second state visit to the UK. He is due to meet King Charles and Queen Camilla, as well as the Prince and Princess …

“Leopard spots” found on a rock on Mars contain the clearest signs yet that life once existed on the red planet, NASA has announced. The space agency said analysis of the unusual markings by the Perseverance rover has revealed they contain minerals that on Earth can be a byproduct of …

On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation “sandbox” that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for modifications to or waivers from any “obstructive regulations” to the testing and deployment …

Faarea Masud, Rachel Clun and Simon JackBusiness reporters Getty Images American pharmaceutical giant MSD is scrapping the planned £1bn expansion of its operations in the UK saying the government is not investing enough in the sector. The multinational business, known as Merck in the US, said it would move its …

Generative AI is popular for a variety of reasons, but with that popularity comes a serious problem. These chatbots often deliver incorrect information to people looking for answers. Why does this happen? It comes down to telling people what they want to hear.   While many generative AI tools and …

PA Media George Mitchell, photographed in Belfast in 2023, was the chair of peace talks that culminated in the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 The former US senator who played a critical role in Northern Ireland’s peace process once described his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a …

PA Media Shetland’s SaxaVord is the Scottish spaceport at the most advanced stage of development, say MPs MPs have warned that Scotland is at risk of falling behind in the race to launch the first satellites from western Europe into Earth’s orbit. Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee has urged the UK …

Nikon has just unveiled the ZR, its first official co-brand with RED, the cinema camera company it purchased in April of last year. The ZR takes what Nikon has already been doing well, with its heavily adaptable Z-mount, internal RAW video recording and popular color science and turns it up …

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has a fun, timely theme. Once you figure out the topic, the answers …

Jaguar Land Rover is getting “daily” support from the government after last week’s cyber attack, which has ground its operations to a halt. The British car maker shut down operations when it spotted the attack last Tuesday, and its staff have been told to stay at home since. Sky News …

Hyundai is out with a new concept car that previews a smaller EV that could slot below the Ioniq 5. And while the design is pretty bold, and full of what seems to be veiled references to Star Wars, the idea of a smaller (and hopefully less expensive) electric hatchback …

Many assume their indoor air is clean if they live away from wildfire smoke zones, smoggy cities, or other sources of outdoor pollution. But this assumption may be misguided. According to Michael Rubino, founder of HomeCleanse and chairman of Change the Air Foundation, “Unfortunately, our indoor air is not as healthy as you may …

Mark PoyntingClimate and science reporter, BBC News Getty Images Plans to fight climate change by manipulating the Arctic and Antarctic environment are dangerous, unlikely to work and could distract from the need to ditch fossil fuels, dozens of polar scientists have warned. These polar “geoengineering” techniques aim to cool the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in America, accounting for one in five deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While multiple lifestyle factors can cause heart health to decline, nutrition is a large component, experts …

The race to replace Angela Rayner as deputy Labour leader has started. She resigned on 5 September from government and from her party post after she was found to have breached the ministerial code for not paying enough stamp duty on a second home she purchased in Hove, East Sussex, …

Animals giving birth is not usually shocking for staff at Telford’s Exotic Zoo, but a lizard in their care recently left them stunned after giving birth without mating. A female casque-headed iguana produced eight hatchlings during the last week of August in a so-called “virgin birth”. It is due to …

Plans to save ice in the polar regions and “repair” the climate using technology are a “flawed” distraction from the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases, according to a new scientific assessment. The review of proposals to reflect sunlight or use barriers to keep warm sea water at bay concludes …