- June 12, 2025
Can any nation protect against a Ukraine-style drone smuggling attack?
An image taken by a Ukrainian drone during Operation Spiderweb UPI/Alamy On 1 June, Ukraine stunned the world with an
Forest crisis sparks alarm that Europe will miss net-zero targets
Large numbers of trees have died in the Harz mountains, Germany, due to extreme weather and bark beetles Rob Cousins/Alamy
Japan’s Resilience moon lander has crashed into the lunar surface
The surface of the moon, as seen from orbit by Resilience before it crashed ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R VENTURE MOON
Quarter of people follow rules even with no downside to breaking them
Break the rules, or fall in line? Meizhi Lang/Unsplash Would you follow a rule, even if doing so harms you
Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners
Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the military Matthew Horwood/Getty Images An ordinary camera could soon
You can make fair dice from any shape you like
All of these strange-looking dice can produce a desired probability distribution Keenan Crane Gamers everywhere, rejoice: researchers have discovered that
Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race
US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense
Giant boulder on clifftop in Tonga was carried by a 50-metre-high wave
Martin Köhler stands in front of the Maka Lahi boulder in Tonga Martin Köhler/University of Queensland A 1200-tonne boulder in
Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment for preterm birth
Health Using human cells, researchers were able to create a novel cervix-on-a-chip model to study how the vaginal microbiome affects
Could a $125 billion investment fund halt global deforestation?
An initiative led by Brazil will pay countries to preserve tropical forests Luiz Claudio Marigo/Nature Picture Library/Alamy At the COP30