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Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.

Amazon has unveiled its first quantum computing chip today, after four years in the making. Dubbed Ocelot, it uses 'cat qubits' for improved error correction, and could lead to cheaper practical quantum computing in the years to come.

While there are already a number of sleep-tracking systems to choose between, many are made by small startups without much of a track record. Electronics giant Amazon has now thrown its hat in the ring, however, with the unveiling of the Halo Rise.

A study of two isolated South American tribes has shed light on the influence of diet in the onset of hypertension, upending the common consensus that higher blood pressure is a direct, and inevitable, consequence of aging.

Researchers have used data collected by the Carnegie Airborne Observatory to uncover chemical variation in plant life across the lowland Peruvian Amazon. The study provides key information for understanding the rainforest, and assessing our future impact on it.