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Freezing liquid inside optical fibre makes light and sound interact more than 1,000 times more strongly

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

Representational photo of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light...

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In 1984, NASA sent thousands of honeybees into space to build a honeycomb without gravity, and the tiny colony eventually created 31 square inches of comb |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

A small box of honeybees once became an unusual passenger aboard the space shuttle Discovery. In 1984,...

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Scientists overturned hundreds of rocks in Barbados and finally found the world’s smallest snake after 20 years |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

After nearly 20 years without a confirmed sighting, scientists in Barbados have finally rediscovered the world’s smallest-known...

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In 2005, crickets were fertilised aboard the ISS; 112 embryos and larvae were studied, and the microgravity-exposed larvae hatched earlier than ground controls

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

Cricket on a plant (Image Credit: Canva) In 2005, scientists conducted an unusual experiment aboard the International...

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In 2011, conservationists dropped 75 tonnes of poisoned bait on Henderson Island; only about 60–80 rats survived, but within two years their population was back to roughly two-thirds of its former level

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

Henderson Island (Image credit: Canva) In 2011, Henderson Island, a remote and uninhabited island in the South...

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Scottish Water: Scotland recycles 72,000 contaminated single-use plastic bottles in a world-first move as new technology targets Petri dishes and pipette tips |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

Scotland is taking a new approach to laboratory plastic waste. A new recycling system has already processed...

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Chinese humanoid robots just beat Usain Bolt’s 100m record and the human high-jump record, are humans already losing to machines?

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

It seems technology is already outrunning humans not only in algorithms but also on the field. At...

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Singapore unveils world-first biological data centre with 16 million living human neurons powering 20 computers in a landmark moment for AI |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

Cortical Labs founder and CEO Hon Weng Chong at the Cortical Cloud biological data centre at NUS...

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‘Did not meet launch conditions’: China’s unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

China has postponed the planned launch of its Chang’e-7 Moon mission, days after saying the launch site...

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After months of tracking, volunteers found five leopard cats breeding in Changi’s forest, but Terminal 5 construction is forcing them to relocate |

Aj Mix Editor August 23, 2026

For months, the forest around Changi was being watched after dark. More than 50 volunteers, working with...

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