Science
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We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism
Most of us don’t think much about electric charge, apart from in those annoying moments when our phones run out…
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Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs’ rise to power
Sauropodomorph dinosaurs feeding on newly evolved plants in a wet early Jurassic environment Marcin Ambrozik The contents of 200-million-year-old faeces…
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Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years
Diamonds can store data stably for long periods of time University of Science and Technology of China The famous marketing…
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Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
An orca carrying a salmon in its mouth in south-east Alaska Minden Pictures/Alamy Some of the orcas off North America’s…
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Changing a single number among billions can destroy an AI model
The output of AIs is controlled by the interactions of huge networks of nodes or weights shulz/Getty Images An artificial…
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How safe is the US food supply?
Produce has been the source of many foodborne illness outbreaks in the US this year The Image Party/Shutterstock Apple sauce…
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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death
The severed pig’s head had come from the local abattoir. It would have typically been discarded, but Zvonimir Vrselja, a…
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Forest schools don’t actually boost most children’s mental health
Children in Quebec, Canada, taking part in the Open Sky School programme Nathanael Corre/École à Ciel Ouvert Forest schools, where…
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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…
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What will it take to solve our planet’s plastic pollution crisis?
Plastic waste in Indonesia PA Images / Alamy The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic…
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