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AI can steal passwords in virtual reality from ava...
Artificial intelligence can work out what someone is privately typing in VR meetings in Meta Horizon...
One-time CRISPR treatment could permanently lower ...
A small trial of a cholesterol-lowering treatment based on CRISPR gene editing has produced promisin...
Will global warming continue even after we hit net...
Understanding how the atmosphere responds to rising and falling carbon emissions is a complex busine...
A comet wagged its tail as it flew past the sun
The tail of comet Erasmus swung back and forth during its closest approach to the sun, probably beca...
Robotic chemist discovers how to make oxygen from ...
A chemistry robot analysed meteorite samples and tested a range of catalysts, demonstrating a possib...
Women in the US outlive men by 6 years – the large...
Men are living shorter lives than women in the US, a widening gap largely driven by deaths due to co...
Just leaving trees to grow could store a third of ...
Simply allowing existing trees to grow to maturity could theoretically suck billions of tonnes of ca...
Fresh ideas about the causes of acne are bringing ...
We are finally working out what happens to the skin and gut microbiome when someone gets acne, givin...
Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman
This chilling extract is from Sandra Newman's retelling of George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984, ...
Self-driving car-makers could face prison for misl...
The UK's Automated Vehicles Bill would make it a criminal offence for car-makers to use certain mark...
Metal pollution may be skewing the sex ratio of se...
Some sea turtle populations have become skewed towards females because of climate change, and now it...
Weight loss-drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - ...
The latest set of heart disease results seen with using Wegovy to treat obesity could help swing med...
Spray-on sensors can turn any clothing into motion...
Spraying a stretchy and conductive polymer onto any store-bought garment turns it into a sensor for ...
Cannabis use is on the rise in the US – except amo...
Cannabis is more popular in North America than anywhere else and its use continues to grow – but, so...
Ancient Europe was half covered by savannah and gr...
It is widely assumed that Europe used to be covered by dense, unbroken forests, but ancient pollen s...
Underwater walkie-talkies could work long-distance...
Divers often struggle to communicate because radio waves can’t travel far through water, but a way t...
Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for...
Favouring insiders over outsiders now fuels conflict, argues David R. Samson in his new book. His cu...
Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phospho...
The moon lacks the nutrients that plants need to grow, but adding three types of bacteria to a simul...
