- December 20, 2024
Engaging new podcast asks what the big things are that make us human
Skeleton of Homo naledi, found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa John Hawks/Shutterstock Blazing the Trail Australian
UK plans to favour AI over creators with a new copyright regime
Many AI models are trained on copyrighted material Metamorworks/Getty Images The UK government has announced plans to allow artificial intelligence
Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth’s surface?
Drill rig in Nebraska run by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC, which established its first hydrogen borehole in 2019 Viacheslav Zgonnik
The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them
“Hello again!” Pigeons can remember individual human faces Martin Parr/Magnum Photos I was walking in the park with a friend
AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement
AI found a new way to entangle particles of light luchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence.
Robotic rat uses AI to befriend real rodents
Live rats played and tussled with the robot rodent Shutterstock / Bilanol A robotic rat on wheels has learned how
Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates
Someone’s kidneys could be a decade older, biologically, than their brain Christian Kitzmuller/Alamy Our organs appear to age at different
Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground
The Acidalia Planitia, the darker region towards the top right of this image of Mars, may host bacteria deep beneath
Salt batteries are finally shaping up – that’s good for the planet
Sodium-ion batteries could have advantages over those containing lithium Juan Roballo/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our climate newsletter
Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearby Google Earth Archaeologists have discovered