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Heat spikes over Tibet may help explain severe Californian flooding
Unusually high temperatures over the mountainous region can kick-start a chain of events that ultimately leads to a severe deluge on the US West Coast, …
Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from …
The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process
Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part …
Readers continue to share stories of how their own dogs respond to aircrafts
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Twisteddoodles on spies through the ages
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Unexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics
With little in the way of significant discoveries since 2012, there have been mutterings that particle physics is at a dead end. However, new dark …
NASA’s next major telescope might see alien oceans and rainbows
The upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory should be able to spot the glint of water on habitable planets, and maybe more
Lost quantum traces could reveal dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider
Particle collisions are inherently quantum, but much of that character is lost when we turn them into classical data. Sarah Alam Malik explores whether preserving …
Denisovan tools from cave in China shows how mysterious humans lived
A site in China is just the third to give us an insight into the way the enigmatic Denisovans lived. The archaeology at the site …
Why is there controversy around OpenAI’s Millennium Prize maths breakthrough?
8 September should have been an exciting day of celebration for mathematicians worldwide. Instead, it became a confusing, salacious and intriguing drama. Why was the …
Paracetamol use in early pregnancy linked to smaller ovaries and testes
Taking the painkiller paracetamol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy has been linked to smaller ovaries and testes in baby girls and boys, but that doesn't mean it …
OpenAI has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium problem using $15m of AI effort
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced after similar, but …
Why growing seaweed isn’t a climate solution
Some have claimed cultivating seaweed could remove hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2. But as warming waters kill off kelp, we need to refocus …
Zapping the face could boost brain signalling and memory
Bursts of electrical stimulation to a nerve in the face seem to improve signalling between neurons and people's performance on a memory test
Major breakthrough made on famous Millennium maths problem
Three key findings produced in collaboration between humans and AI bring us closer to a solution to the infamous Navier-Stokes puzzle
As Star Trek turns 60, it’s not too late to discover the …
Whether it's the original 1966 classic or one of its many modern spinoffs, there's a Star Trek story for everyone. Bethan Ackerley explores how newcomers …
The danger of viewing the cosmos as a mirror that shows us …
It is only natural to view the world, or even the entire universe, through the lens of humanity – we’re human, after all. But columnist …
Super El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in the Amazon
The El Niño phase now under way will be the most damaging on record for the Amazon, scientists warn, raising the risk of catastrophic wildfires
I made a free AI chatbot solve a decade-long maths problem in …
After months covering the shocking rise of AI mathematics, reporter Matthew Sparkes decided to put a free chatbot to the test – and was shocked …
We’re on the verge of seeing the quantum vacuum for the first …
Quantum theory says a vacuum isn’t truly empty, but proving it directly has remained out of reach. A new experiment using immensely powerful lasers could …
The best new popular science books of September 2026
Dive into new titles from major names including Carlo Rovelli, Maggie Aderin, Xand van Tulleken and Jim Al-Khalili, as well as a new biography of …
Laughter therapy may help people with chronic lung disease
An eight-week course of self-administered laughter therapy helped a small number of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease breathe more easily
Fermat’s last theorem formalised by AI agents in just 11 days
Converting the proof of Fermat's last theorem into code that computers can check was expected to take years. Anthropic's Claude AI managed it in less …
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