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Experience the world from a bees perspective
A multi-sensory exhibition by artist Wolfgang Buttress allows us to experience the world as a bee and imagine the devastation of our planet without them
One-day mental health workshop improves teenagers mood for six months
The one-day courses were particularly beneficial to those pupils with worse mental health problems initially
Everything you need to know about semaglutide weight loss drugs
From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, heres the skinny on new weight loss injections that work by blocking a hormone that normally reduces appetite
Flu vaccine for children linked to pneumonia risk for their relatives
The nasal flu vaccine may reduce cases of pneumonia illness in population over the whole flu season because flu infections are likely to lead to even higher boost in bacteria
How could we give boring blobby galaxies a new, exciting shape?
Galaxies could do with a few more arms or some decorative designs on this episode of Dead Planets Society, our hosts are using collisions, black holes and dark matter to reshape our galaxy
Underwater data centres could be destroyed by loud noises
Underwater data centres being installed off the coasts of China, the US and Europe could be disrupted by sounds from military-grade sonar on ships and submarines, or even whales
Mystery of impossible star resolved by three-body solution
A white dwarf star orbiting a sun-like star was thought to be impossibly small, but now astronomers have found another star in the system that solves the puzzle
ChatGPT got an upgrade to make it seem more human
OpenAIs new ChatGPT model, called GPT-4o, provides more human-like interactions through a voice mode, and it is capable of conversations that incorporate text, audio and video in real time
Ultrasound therapy could treat lung condition linked to heart failure
Mice benefitted from ultrasound therapy for a rare lung condition the treatment might work for common forms of high blood pressure, too