Author: Diran Taofeek Folami

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Insects pollinated the first flower 140M years ago, and it wasn’t a bee

If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world’s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their cork board of linked crime-scene suspects. With this, they offer some big news about the origins of flowering plant life on Earth.

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Light-activated concrete scrubs air pollution out of traffic tunnels

Traffic is among the biggest sources of air pollution, but what if the very roads they drive on could help clear the air? Engineers in Korea have now demonstrated that photocatalytic concrete can help reduce pollution in tunnels.

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Dying star’s ‘cocoon’ a potential new source of gravitational waves

Until now, our only source of gravitational waves has been binary star systems. Researchers from Northwestern University have potentially discovered a new non-binary source of gravitational waves: the debris ‘cocoon’ that forms around a dying massive star.

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This AI chef has learned to make you a salad, but do you want it to?

A robot cook has been trained to recreate dishes after watching videos of a human assembling meals from several ingredients, and even created one AI original. Some good news for chefs: it looks like you've got some time before AI takes your jobs too.

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MC One personal eVTOL rocks a Monaco-grade price tag

Monégasque aerial photography and drone show company McClic has successfully test-flown its MC One personal eVTOL, a simple but nice-looking coaxial octacopter with a pilot's seat on top. Anyone can fly it, given about 10 minutes' training.

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Mysterious hominin made world’s oldest burial site, study claims

Scientists have discovered evidence of what may be the world’s oldest known human burial. The 300,000 year-old Homo naledi remains show signs of having been intentionally buried in a chamber marked with symbols. But other scientists aren’t so sure.

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German govt awards contract to develop Linear AeroSpike rocket engine

Aerospace startup Polaris Raumflugzeuge has been awarded a contract by the German government to develop and fly a revolutionary Linear AeroSpike (LAS) engine that replaces the conventional rocket nozzle with curving wall-shaped plug.

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