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Rare gene variants can change your height by up to 7 centimetres
Gene variants that have an unusally large effect on some people's heights have been discovered by analysing the genomes of more than 300,000 individuals
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IBM’s 'Condor' quantum computer has more than 1000 qubits
IBM has revealed two quantum computers. One is the second largest ever made and the other produces fewer errors than any quantum computer the company has built so far
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Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles
Vaccinations could be made less painful by treating skin with a vaccine-laden liquid and using ultrasound to push it into the body
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Largest stream of stars ever found could teach us about dark matter
The newfound Giant Coma Stream of stars stretches nearly 1.7 million light years across the cosmos, and it could have holes blasted through it by clumps of dark matter
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How big a problem are methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases?
Carbon dioxide is the dominant driver of climate change, but countries convening at COP28 are expected to make agreements to reduce methane and other often overlooked greenhouse gases
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Why does weed give you the ‘munchies’? Here's what the science says
There may be several reasons why cannabis encourages people to eat, including the fact that the psychoactive compound in the drug affects the neurons that control hunger
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Passing star could fling Earth out past Pluto into the Oort cloud
If another star passed close to our solar system, there is a small chance that Earth could crash into another planet, get stolen by the interloping star or even be sent hurtling towards the Oort cloud
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GPT-4 developer tool can be exploited for misuse with no easy fix
OpenAI’s developer tool for its GPT-4 large language model can be misused to trick the AI into providing information to aid would-be terrorists, and fixing the problem won’t be easy
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Painkillers seem to work better if you have unpleasant side effects
People found a nasal spray painkiller more effective when it caused a slight burning sensation. This suggests that deliberately increasing some drugs' unwanted side effects could enhance their therapeutic benefits
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Vaping vs edibles: How does the way we use cannabis alter its effects?
Edibles, vapes and joints all contain the same psychoactive compounds, but the effects they have on the body vary