Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale…
What lawmakers can learn from South Korea’s AI hate-speech disaster
As artificial intelligence technologies develop at accelerated rates, the methods of governing companies and platforms…
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a…
The weird psychology of airports
Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on…
Why building big AIs costs billions – and how Chinese startup DeepSeek dramatically changed the calculus
State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude have captured the…
We studied more than 500 giraffe skulls from all over Africa – and confirmed there are 4 distinct species
Giraffes are among the world’s most recognisable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs,…
‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human
As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort…
How satellites and AI help fight wildfires today
As wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and…
Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the…
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu,…