Science
Start-up is building the first data centre to use human brain cells
Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in...
Orcas may be to blame for some mass dolphin strandings
Two mass strandings involving hundreds of dolphins in Argentina probably happened because the pods were being...
I was accused of killing over 100 million rabbits across Australia
When New Scientist reporter James Woodford was assigned to a story about a virus designed to kill rabbits, he...
Startup is building the first data centre to use human brain cells
Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in...
Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal secrets
Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engi...
How our ancestors used mushrooms to change the course of human history
Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pi...
Mathematics is undergoing the biggest change in its history
The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surprise. It i...
Mystery 'whippet' space explosion is the brightest of its kind
A rapidly brightening burst of light called AT 2024wpp, or "the Whippet", is baffling astronomers. One explana...
Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab
Ryan Gosling stars in the latest adaptation of an Andy Weir novel, another tale of a lone genius battling to s...
What is a galaxy? That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer
Figuring out what really counts as a galaxy could give us insights into dark matter and potentially shake up a...
Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming
An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around...
Why is black rain falling on Iran and how dangerous is it?
US-Israeli strikes on oil facilities have caused black rain to fall on Tehran, but the black smoke filling the...
A daily multivitamin may slightly slow rates of ageing
Taking a multivitamin every day might slightly slow the rate of ageing, but the extent to which this is releva...
We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed
Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habil...
Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but you can reverse it
We’re learning that frailty can quietly arrive decades before old age, with some people in their 30s or 40s un...
'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of musicality
Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of vocal abi...
SETI may have missed alien signals because of space weather
SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by dis...
The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe
A single femur found in Bulgaria appears to represent an ape or early hominin that walked on two legs before a...