Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans
Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000…
Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons
When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was…
Chatbots are on the rise, but customers still trust human agents more
Customers contact companies regularly to purchase products and services, inquire about orders, make payments and…
MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now
This week’s announcement of the loss of a methane-detecting satellite, just days before New Zealand…
Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky
Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a question…
South African kids learn a whole lot more about human evolution from museum workshops
South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their…
Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System
This week, astronomers spotted the third known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. First detected…
War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities
People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background…
Cracking the quantum code: light and glass are set to transform computing
Giulia Acconcia grew up in the picturesque, historic town of Spoleto, nestled in the foothills…
From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines –…