Nasa’s science mission spacecraft are at risk from hackers, but a new law could help protect them
Nasa’s missions are some of the most technologically advanced and critically important endeavours. From the…
Seafloor sediment reveals previously unknown volcanic eruption 520,000 years ago in south Aegean Sea
“Core on deck!” For two months, whenever I heard that cry, I would run up…
What the public can do to help stop the spread
The sight of a swarm of wasps, or even just a single wasp, strikes fear…
An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge
In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it…
The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments
When you push “start” on your microwave or computer, the device flips right on –…
Diabetes and obesity can damage the liver to the point of failure – but few people know their risk of developing liver disease
Liver disease is frighteningly common worldwide. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an…
How a century-old drug could revolutionise cobra bite treatment
About 1.8 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year. Of those, up to…
Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?
The 2024 Summer Olympics, kicking off in Paris on July 26, will be novel for…
It’s hard to reach out to old friends, but doing so may help alleviate loneliness
Millions of Canadians are lonely. This is worrisome because loneliness, defined by the World Health…
Late bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of…