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Physics

We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism

Health

The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

Life

How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Leaders

Technology

Banning scary-sounding ideas can comfort but does more harm than good

Recent developments in AI and neurological research may prompt concern. However, placing outright bans on such research is unlikely to be the best solution - and may hold us back

News

Technology

AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour

Using GPT-4o, the model behind ChatGPT, researchers have replicated the personality and behaviour of more than 1000 people, in an effort to create an alternative to focus groups and polling

Life

A sliver of lab-grown wood has been made from stem cells

Life

Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators

Space

Meteorite crystals show evidence of hot water on ancient Mars

Space

We’ve taken a photo of a star in another galaxy for the first time

Technology

Quantum computers hit a crucial milestone for error-free calculation

Technology

Google DeepMind AI can expertly fix errors in quantum computers

Technology

IBM entangled two quantum chips to work together for the first time

Life

Chimpanzees seem to get more technologically advanced through culture

Space

Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they’re not from space

Technology

Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

Earth

We may have solved the mystery of what froze Earth’s inner core

Life

Wild cavefish can somehow survive with almost no sleep at all

Space

Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right

Life

Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

Space

Being in space makes it harder for astronauts to think quickly

Life

A giant hornet from Asia has appeared in Europe for the first time

Space

Planet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found

Health

We’re starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost

Analysis

Environment

Anger over COP29 finance deal threatens progress on carbon cuts

A reluctant deal finalised at the COP29 climate summit isn't generous enough to encourage nations to submit more ambitious climate plans, delegates warn

Health

Are calories on menus doing more harm than good?

Aperture

Morocco - Tafilalt Oasis - On July 2019 a wildfire spread over 3km across the palm grove burning more than 10,000 trees of which 2500 were palm trees. Summer wildfires are due to a combination of extreme temperatures and lying dead trees. which can easily catch fire in the summer months.

Environment

Images reveal how climate change is upending life in Morocco’s oases

The climate crisis is shriveling lush oases in the desert, threatening precious ecosystems and ways of life

Regulars

Features

Health

The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

Reperfusion technologies that can reanimate human brains are raising the possibility that death could be a reversible condition, even hours after a cardiac arrest

Life

How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Physics

We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism

Culture

Comment

The best new popular science books of 2024

From a scientific take on screen time to nuclear war, a look at why we age to the future of our oceans, our writers pick their favourite popular science books of the year

Culture

Space

The best new science fiction books of 2024

Culture

Technology

Don’t be fooled by Elon Musk’s chatty Optimus robots

The long history of robotics should teach us to be more sceptical when it comes to autonomous humanoid robots, says Nicole Kobie

Technology

The forgotten civil engineer with a vision we could all learn from