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People’s brainwaves have been converted into speech using electrodes on the brain. The method could one day help people speak who have lost the ability.

By Chelsea Whyte.

Electrodes on the brain have been used to translate brainwaves into words spoken by a computer – which could be useful in the future to help people who have lost the ability to speak.

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Swiss multinational company, LafargeHolcim, is planning its first “net zero” cement production facility by 2030 and has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2050.

In 2013, a suffocatingly hot blob of water brewed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America. It then decimated marine life.

Thousands of seabirds washed up dead on shores, along with starving baby sea lions. Salmon, krill, and other marine animals vanished as the warmth fuelled a massive toxic algal bloom that also shut down crab fisheries.

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Microsoft’s Power Apps, Oracle’s Visual Builder, and other tools let you create software without needing to code.

Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle.

Commonly used by Congolese communities to bait traps for small mammals, Hysterangium bonobo is also savored by bonobos, an endangered species of great ape. Scientists say the truffle hints at vast reserves of undescribed fungal diversity in the region.

“Truffles aren’t just for gourmet chefs—they’re also for our closest relatives,” said Matthew Smith, an associate professor in the University of Florida department of plant pathology and curator of the UF fungal herbarium. “There’s so much to learn about this system, and we’re just scratching the surface.”

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Could this be China’s smartest’ warehouse?

Newly published results offer compelling evidence that hydrogen is a metal at extremely high pressures. But is the research enough to convince the field at large that metallic hydrogen exists?

This eBike has the longest range ever — 245 miles on one charge.

Delfast Prime 2.0 eBike has the longest range ever – 245 miles on one charge. Version 2 of a legendary model with the Guinness World Record.