Astrophysics

OpenAI's o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it'...

The latest AI model from OpenAI achieved an “impressive leap in performance” but...

Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?

There is more research than ever focused on reflecting sunlight away from the pl...

How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban

A US ban on the video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect in early 2025 – b...

Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet...

An experiment showing that quantum and classical communication can be carried ou...

Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind...

A new type of norovirus is causing a very high number of cases in countries like...

Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK's On...

Hundreds of community websites run for fans of everything from cycling to Sunder...

NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surpr...

The Ingenuity autonomous helicopter surpassed all expectations to fly dozens of ...

Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Borneo

A newly described species of giant pitcher plant is one of the biggest ever foun...

Stonehenge may have been built to unify people of ancie...

Recent findings show that Stonehenge’s stones came from all over Britain – and t...

AI beats human experts at distinguishing American whisk...

Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tel...

Genetic tweak to three key crops massively boosts their...

A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advanta...

The most inspiring conservation success stories in 2024

Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and...

Is AI finally ready to replace your doctor?

Advances in artificial intelligence mean that machines can now perform certain d...

The best space images from 2024

This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb...

How to make the biggest splash in a pool, according to ...

Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot...

Ancient hominin Lucy was a lousy runner, simulations show

Researchers have tried to work out how fast Australopithecus afarensis could run...

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