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Marsupials and other mammals separately evolved flight many times, and we are finally learning how
Anom Harya/Shutterstock Charles Feigin, The University of Melbourne Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land…
ChatGPT struggles with Wordle puzzles, which says a lot about how it works
shutterstock. Shutterstock Michael G. Madden, University of Galway The AI chatbot known as ChatGPT, developed by the company…
Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics – an electrical engineer explains the materials’ potential
Room-temperature superconductors could make high-speed maglev trains more practical. Visual China Group via Getty Images Massoud Pedram, University…
A shortage of native seeds is slowing land restoration across the US, which is crucial for tackling climate change and extinctions
Planting native plant seeds on sand dunes at Westward Beach in Malibu, Calif., to stabilize the dunes. Al…
Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you
Shutterstock Alice Hayward, The University of Queensland If you’re like me, you’ve managed to kill even the hardiest…
COVID, bird flu, mpox – a virologist on why we’re seeing so many viruses emerge
Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock Lindsay Broadbent, University of Surrey From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022,…
Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it – making it an excellent candidate in the search for life
The TOI-700 star system is home to four planets, including two in its habitable zone that could host…
How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes
Over 8,000 satellites are orbiting Earth today, capturing images like this, of the Louisiana coast. NASA Earth Observatory…
Venus: proof of active volcanoes – at last
A perspective view across Maat Mons on Venus, based on Magellan radar data. Nasa/JPL David Rothery, The Open…
How we created the first map of an insect brain – and what it means for our understanding of the human brain
Tomatito/Shutterstock Michael Winding, The Francis Crick Institute Imagine trying to navigate an unfamiliar city but you’ve lost your…