AI unravels the hidden communication of gut microbes

Gut bacteria play a major role in human health, influencing everything from digestion to immunity and mood. Yet, the microbiome’s complexity is staggering. The sheer number of bacterial species and their interactions with human chemistry have made it difficult for scientists to fully understand their effects. In a groundbreaking step, researchers at the University of…

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Rare Patek Philippe watch sells for $17.6 million

By AFP Published November 10, 2025 A Patek Philippe timepiece that in 2016 became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction fetched an even higher price this weekend, auctioneers Phillips said Sunday. A rare Patek Philippe watch which has captured collectors’ imaginations – (AFP – Valentin Flauraud) The watch sold for 14,190,000 Swiss francs…

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Supercomputer breakthrough exposes Enceladus’s hidden ocean

In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini focused their telescopes on Saturn and realized its bright bands were not solid features. Instead, they identified immense, separate rings formed from innumerable nested arcs. Centuries later, NASA’s Cassini-Huygens (Cassini) mission pushed that exploration forward. Starting in 2005, it returned striking images that reshaped scientists’ understanding…

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Do UN climate talks have a point any more?

Justin RowlattClimate Editor BBC There is a photograph, taken ten years ago in Paris, that today seems like something of a relic. In it, dozens of men and women line up in dark suits, in front of an enormous sign that reads COP21 Paris. Right in the middle the UK’s then-Prime Minister, David Cameron, grins…

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