Fossil tracks paint a picture of South Africa’s ancient coastal landscape: five essential reads
Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But…
Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth.…
What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth
Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a…
What was life like for innovating businesses in 2024? – UKRI
The report draws on the Innovation State of the Nation Survey, a major new initiative…
Chatbots won’t help anyone make weapons of mass destruction. But other AI systems just might
Over the past two years, we have seen much written about the “promise and peril”…
An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist
“Miss, miss, can I play with your robot?” The question comes from a young local…
Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the…
New dashboard tracks EU’s digital transformation
Eurostat has released the Digitalisation dashboard, offering a dynamic, easy to use interface to track…
AI weather models can now beat the best traditional forecasts
A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems…
South Africa’s new research guidelines are not a green light for heritable human genome editing
The recently updated South African Ethics in Health Research Guidelines have been a recent cause…