Major Advancement Towards Artificial Photosynthesis

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Coronavirus: Scientists claim first human reinfected with Covid-19

Hong Kong man experienced a second infection of Covid-19 just four months after recovering from earlier sickness | Continue reading


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USPS Files Blockchain Patent to Secure Mail-In Voting

New filing states bitcoin technology could 'track and secure the vote by mail system' | Continue reading


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Material found by scientists 'could merge AI with human brain'

Technology could enable new health diagnostics and achieve Elon Musk's goal of integrating with artificial intelligence | Continue reading


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AOC nominates Bernie Sanders for president at DNC

Remarks come as former vice president officially designated Democrat’s official candidate | Continue reading


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Internet Explorer is dead as Microsoft kills off 25-year-old browser

The browser will no longer be supported by the company from 17 August, 2021 | Continue reading


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Secret iPod

The aim was to make an iPod that could run custom software, which the engineer speculates was a Geiger counter | Continue reading


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Microplastics now being found in human organs

Already wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems, there is growing evidence of their impact on human health | Continue reading


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Trump poised to look into pardon for Edward Snowden

President has previously called Snowden a traitor and a ‘spy who should be executed’ | Continue reading


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Quantum computing breakthrough – possible solution to tech's biggest hurdle

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Facebook blames coronavirus for failing to remove child nudity

Tech giant says it was able to remove 7 million pieces of content containing harmful Covid-19 misinformation | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

'Everybody’s entitled to their opinion – but not their own facts'

'The arguments are that people can't trust scientists, models, climate data. It's all about building doubt and undermining public trust in climate science' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2035, latest climate model predicts

Last time Arctic was free of sea ice, hippos roamed across what is now Yorkshire | Continue reading


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Toshiba has made its last laptop as it quits computer buisness after 35 years

The Dynabook range will now be wholly owned by PC manufacturer Sharp | Continue reading


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Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (2009)

The self-conscious shockers that characterised theatre in the late 20th century are fading fast from the mind. But, says Johann Hari, Tom Stoppard's magisterial 'Arcadia' has only grown in power and relevance | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Tanystropheus: Ancient reptile moved around with neck 3 times longer than body

A reconstruction of the creature's skull revealed clear signs it lived in the sea | Continue reading


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Malignant cancer found in dinosaur fossil for first time

Discovery helps scientists understand the evolution and genetics of diseases, research team says | Continue reading


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Google accidentally enables home smart speakers to listen in to everyday sounds

Users have received notifications when their Google Home speakers hear smoke alarms or breaking glass | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Trump: 'substantial portion' of TikTok-Microsoft deal would have to go to US Gov

President gives software company CEO 'go ahead' but suggests government should receive cut | Continue reading


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Musk Claims Brain Chip Will Restore Movement to Damaged Spine and Hear New Sound

Neuralink could 'extend range of hearing beyond normal frequencies and amplitudes' | Continue reading


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AI that mimics the brain needs sleep just like humans, study reveals

Researchers at Los Alamos discover neural network reaps benefits 'equivalent to a good night's rest' | Continue reading


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There is something strange about universe scientists find after mapping cosmos

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Lockdown has made the nation happier, study finds

‘Lockdown may be the single most effective action a government can take during a pandemic to maintain psychological welfare,’ says researcher | Continue reading


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Elon Musk claims AI will overtake humans in less than five years

Existential threat posed by artificial intelligence is much closer than previously predicted, billionaire warns | Continue reading


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Machines can learn unsupervised 'at speed of light' after AI breakthrough

Performance of photon-based neural network processor is 100-times higher than electrical processor | Continue reading


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Stream music directly to your brain

Brain-computer interface could also give people 'enhanced abilities' | Continue reading


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Solar energy breakthrough creates electricity from invisible light

Discoveries could lead to next-generation solar cells that are cheaper and more efficient than current commercial panels | Continue reading


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'I stood my ground at that point and just stayed there,' Christopher David, 53, told The Independent | Continue reading


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COVID19: UK government suspends publication of death toll over accuracy concerns

Matt Hancock ordered a review of the figures after academics sounded the alarm | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Mitchell Baker, Mozilla CEO: Now is the time to build a better internet

Long ago we voiced the expectation that one day online life would become indivisible from real life – we have reached that point, writes Mitchell Baker | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

I May Destroy You shows how seamlessly phones take hold of our existence

With its characters constantly DMing and Skype-calling, Michaela Coel’s series explores how our devices have transformed us, for better or sometimes for worse, into cyborgs, says Annie Lord | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

I was jailed and assaulted by a guard. My ‘crime’? Being a journalist in America

In his 30-year career, The Independent’s Chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe has filed dispatches from across the world. Last week, while reporting on protests in Seattle, he was arrested for the first time. What he saw next throws the spotlight on a broken criminal justice sy … | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Trump has 91% chance of winning second term, professor’s model predicts

Winning candidate calculated on early presidential nominating contest and discounting opinion surveys | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

WhatsApp stops processing police requests for Hong Kong users' data

Messaging app Telegram has reportedly taken the same decision. | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Some countries defend China over mass detention of Uighur Muslims in UN letter

State ambassadors praise Beijing's 'remarkable achievements in the field of human rights' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Recent polls have shown president losing support among older white voters to Joe Biden | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Exotic Particle Discovered at CERN

Discovery likely to be first of a previously unknown class of particles, researchers say | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

After the terrible damage lockdown has caused, we can never do it again

This week marks 100 days since our liberties were stolen. It also marks 100 days of rising inequalities, countless avoidable deaths and the ruin of a generation | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Remdesivir: US buys up almost entire world supply of coronavirus drug

American purchase of 500,000 doses means drug will likely be scarce in rest of the world for months | Continue reading


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Arctic warming is causing ‘spider baby boom’, scientists warn

Wolf spiders have begun hatching two clutches of eggs each summer instead of one, researchers find | Continue reading


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Super-Earths that could be home to alien life discovered nearby

System orbits around Gliese 887, the brightest red dwarf in our sky | Continue reading


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‘As humans we NEED other human contact’ wrote the event organisers | Continue reading


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'Unexpected events' found during the most sensitive dark matter experiment

Unusual behaviour could require new physics to be explained | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

London’s oldest theatre discovered in East End excavation

The Red Lion was built in Tudor times when entertainment was heavily restricted, David Keys explains | Continue reading


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Mysterious GPS signals reveal ghost ships sailing in wide circles off SF coast

Malfunctioning or disruptive tracking devices believed to be behind phenomenon | Continue reading


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Quarantine: What do the new rules mean for my travel plans? – The Independent

How the rules requiring 14 days of self-isolation for arrivals to Britain work | Continue reading


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The billionaire who built on chaos (1993)

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Government ready to open British markets to chlorinated chicken for US tradedeal

Trump administration has told UK issue is important to American interests | Continue reading


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