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Technology

Temporary scalp tattoo can be used to record brain activity

EEG recordings used in neurology could be made simpler by replacing the usual electrodes, wires and gels with a tattoo printed onto the scalp

Environment

Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future

Health

Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates

Environment

Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models

Technology

Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could be manufactured by robots

Image of Mars showing the Acidalia Planitia as a darker region towards the top right

Space

Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground

Technology

The way Cheerios stick together has inspired a new kind of robot

Comparison between fossil footprints thought to be from Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei

Humans

Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side

Suzanne Treister, Fictional Videogame Stills/Are You Dreaming?

Electric Dreams is past echo of today’s debates on AI-generated art

Technology

Social media algorithms can change your views in just a single day

The content you see on social media is often determined by an algorithm - and it turns out that these algorithms can rapidly change your views

Technology

AI can analyse a decomposing body to help pinpoint the time of death

Health

A little bit of fear can bring down levels of inflammation in the body

Health

Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans

Earth

Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters