Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners
Light can be directed and steered around bends using a method similar to the way clouds scatter photons, which could…
Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
A flying robot uses its bird-like tail to maintain stability in flight – a technique that could enable more aerodynamic…
Have we already breached the 1.5°C global warming target?
Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high…
3D-printing could make it easier to make large quantum computers
As quantum computers get larger, they may become truly useful – 3D-printing a key component of some quantum computers may…
You don’t need to take drugs like Ozempic consistently to lose weight
People with disrupted access to GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, still seem to lose substantial amounts of weight
The foolproof way to win any lottery, according to maths
How can you guarantee a huge payout from any lottery? Take a cue from combinatorics, and perhaps gather a few…
Loss of smell may be an early sign of Alzheimer’s in at-risk people
People who carry a genetic variant that raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease may start to lose their sense of…
AI can tell where a mouse is by reading its brain activity
An artificial intelligence can interpret a mouse's brain activity to tell scientists where the animal is located and the direction…
AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames
As the US military begins integrating AI technology, simulated wargames show how chatbots behave unpredictably and risk nuclear escalation
Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years
Wooden sticks found in an Australian cave appear to match the accounts of a 19th-century anthropologist, suggesting the GurnaiKurnai people…