- November 5, 2024
Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
A cylinder seal and its design imprinted onto clay Franck Raux © 2001 GrandPalaisRmn (Musée du Louvre) The world’s oldest
Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans
Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible Alamy Stock
Quantum batteries could discharge more power than they store
Simulations suggest that when a quantum battery shares a quantum state with the device it is powering, the device can
AI models fall for the same scams that we do
Scams can fool AI models Wong Yu Liang/Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being
Nuclear waste tanker pilots futuristic aluminium sail
The Pacific Grebe is spending three weeks testing the FastRig sail NTS/Smart Green Shipping A tanker normally used to ship
The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern
A mathematical pattern links the major equations of physics Andresr/Getty Images A strange pattern running through the equations of physics
We're starting to understand what being bullied does to the brain
Being bullied when young seems to alter your brain structure for years to come – with different changes seen in
Warmer winters mean world’s highest places may store less carbon
The Tibetan plateau Nicolas Marino/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is raising winter temperatures faster than those of summer, especially in
Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins
The Nobel prize committee announce the chemistry prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP