How animals get their skin patterns is a matter of physics – new research clarifying how could improve medical diagnostics and synthetic materials
Patterns on animal skin, such as zebra stripes and poison frog color patches, serve various…
How we’re building the world’s biggest optical telescope to crack some of the greatest puzzles in science
Astronomers get to ask some of the most fundamental questions there are, ranging from whether…
Do you like snakes, lizards and frogs? Why herpetology might be the career for you
We are so fortunate to share the world with a huge diversity of creatures. For…
Turkana stone beads tell a story of herder life in a drying east Africa 5,000 years ago
On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago,…
Want a healthier lawn? Instead of bagging fall leaves, take the lazy way out and get a more environmentally friendly yard
Autumn is the season to gaze at gorgeous leaves of gold, yellow and orange as…
Who will write the rules for AI? How nations are racing to regulate artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a label that can cover a huge range of activities related…
what is a ‘deep network’ outage and what may have caused it?
Optus customers woke up this morning to find they were unable to get their social…
Narcissism, immorality and lack of empathy are behind the dark psychology that can poison elites
Sexism, harassment and bullying plague the Red Arrows, the UK Royal Air Force’s display team.…
Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?
As artificial intelligence (AI) reaches the peak of its popularity, researchers have warned the industry…
Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go?
In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning to launch over 300,000 satellites. Three…