AI voices are hard to spot even if you know audio might be a deepfake
Deepfake audio can trick people even when they know they might be hearing an AI-generated voice – AI-powered detectors may…
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Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves
Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief…
Perseverance rover may hold secrets to newly discovered Mars volcano
There appears to be a volcano near Jezero crater on Mars and the Perseverance rover might already have samples from…
Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years
Researchers have used lasers to encode information in diamonds, demonstrating record-breaking data density in an ultra-stable and long-lasting system
Extremely rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench
In a wetland on the south coast of England, archaeologists dug up one of the oldest and most complete wooden…
Great Wall of China protected from erosion by coat of lichen and moss
Much of the Great Wall of China is covered in a biocrust of lichen, moss and cyanobacteria – it turns…
Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones on Earth
The Curiosity rover has discovered hexagonal patterns in ancient mud on the Red Planet, which hints at cyclical wet and…
There might be a ‘Planet Y’ hiding in the outer solar system
Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet X, that…
Leprosy was in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans
The history books say Europeans brought leprosy to the Americas, but analysis of ancient DNA reveals that a form of…
The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hour to cook
If you have the patience to repeatedly switch an egg between a hot and a colder pan, you'll be rewarded…