Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives — it’s time to stop using them
The use of information technology (IT) has significant environmental and social impacts, including human mortality…
3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars
Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they…
People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions
Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered…
what was the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?
What actually was the biggest dinosaur? – Zavier, 14, Tauranga, New Zealand. Great question Zavier,…
Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape
Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described…
When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?
The advent of generative artificial intelligence has sent shock waves across industries, from the technical…
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the…
Fragments of a million-year-old face found in Spain shed new light on ancient human migrations
In a system of caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain, nearly 50 years of…
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical…
How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
A state law signed Feb. 28, 2025, removes gender identity as a protected status from…