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Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost...
The geometric Langlands conjecture poses deep questions for mathematicians, and a 1000-page proof pu...
OpenAI's o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – bu...
The latest AI model from OpenAI achieved an “impressive leap in performance” but it still hasn’t dem...
Is solar geoengineering research having its moment...
There is more research than ever focused on reflecting sunlight away from the planet to cool the cli...
How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a Ti...
A US ban on the video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect in early 2025 – but the country's Sup...
Quantum teleportation can survive through busy int...
An experiment showing that quantum and classical communication can be carried out through the same f...
Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain b...
A new type of norovirus is causing a very high number of cases in countries like England, just as a ...
NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after ...
The Ingenuity autonomous helicopter surpassed all expectations to fly dozens of missions over severa...
Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK...
Hundreds of community websites run for fans of everything from cycling to Sunderland AFC may be forc...
Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Born...
A newly described species of giant pitcher plant is one of the biggest ever found, with leaves cover...
Engaging new podcast asks what the big things are ...
Blazing the Trail, a new podcast from the Australian Museum, delves into topics from how language ev...
Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short...
We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Tim...
Stonehenge may have been built to unify people of ...
Recent findings show that Stonehenge’s stones came from all over Britain – and this offers clues to ...
AI beats human experts at distinguishing American ...
Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies fro...
The most inspiring conservation success stories in...
Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and scientists found a ...
Genetic tweak to three key crops massively boosts ...
A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advantage of rising CO2 lev...
Is AI finally ready to replace your doctor?
Advances in artificial intelligence mean that machines can now perform certain diagnostic tasks with...
How to make the biggest splash in a pool, accordin...
Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot to mimic them, has ...
The best space images from 2024
This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s s...
