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Over 1,500 endangered languages may cease to exist by end of this century, study warns

Without intervention, language loss could triple within 40 years, researchers say

We got an AI to debate itself, so what did it say?

Oxford Union is a crucible of great debaters such as William Gladstone, Robin Day, Benazir Bhutto, Denis Healey and Tariq Ali – now we can add an AI to that too, write Dr Alex Connock and Andrew Stephen

Why reindeer are perfect to pull Santa’s sleigh

They might not be able to fly, but there are many other good evolutionary reasons Santa chose reindeer to pull his sleigh, writes Louise Gentle

Testing disruption leaves UK ‘flying blind’ over scale of omicron wave

‘Omicron is a serious ‘sprinter’ – I doubt we will be able to keep up from now on in terms of having precise estimates of the prevalence in the community’

Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no brighter than general population, study finds

Rocket scientists had higher scores for mental manipulation while neurosurgeons fared better at rare word definition

Omicron: Hospital workers in England are told to get their own lateral flow tests amid shortage

‘The government needs to prioritise NHS staff for tests’ says scientist

Omicron: Prioritise teachers for booster jabs to avoid mass school closures, scientists warn

Warning of impact amid ‘very high infection rate in children’ of 1 in 25

Predicting future tsunamis using historical records alone may lead to miscalculations, warn scientists

Past instances of tsunamis may be improperly recorded in history due to circumstances such as social unrest, say scientists

Scientists decode why asthma symptoms get worse at night

Precise mechanism behind asthma worsening during sleep remains unknown

We should ban all new oil and gas fields

We cannot safely set fire to all the fuel we’ve already found, so why burn more, asks David Waltham

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