NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its…
What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies such as GPS and sensors to monitor, measure and…
What a newly discovered gas bridge between galaxies tells us about the cosmic cycle of matter
Most of the ordinary matter in the universe is hydrogen. But surprisingly, less than 20%…
Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?
Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays’s great penguins – emperors and kings…
Why can’t we feel the Earth moving?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
How can we keep machines from reproducing social biases?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many fields in recent years, including the banking sector. There…
Fish ‘fingerprints’ in the ocean reveal which species are moving homes due to climate change
Species across the planet are on the move. Climate change has already caused more than…
AI use by UK justice system risks papering over the cracks caused by years of underfunding
More than a decade of underfunding by successive governments has left the UK’s justice system…
Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment
When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already…
remedies on paper, gaps in practice
Deepfakes are forgeries of people’s faces, voices and likeness generated through artificial intelligence (AI). They…