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How safe is the US food supply?

Food in the US has a bad rap thanks to outbreaks caused by bacteria, plus processing, additives and food dyes, but the food supply is actually much less risky...

Changing a single number among billions can destroy an AI model

Today's huge AI models are composed of several billion numbers known as weights and...

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Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around...

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Forest schools don’t actually boost most children’s mental health

Swapping classrooms for the woods doesn't appear to improve most children's mental health, but...

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

Reperfusion technologies that can reanimate human brains are raising the possibility that death could...

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The best new science fiction books of November 2024

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer

Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily

In support of their AI ambitions, tech companies are rapidly expanding US data centres, and this growth is on track to significantly increase US...

War-era sugar rationing boosted health of UK people conceived in 1940s

People conceived during the UK's 1940s and 50s sugar rationing have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure than those...

Lakes are losing winter ice cover at an astonishing rate

Fewer lakes are freezing over each winter compared with past years, posing environmental and economic consequences around the world

A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from seven people

Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people...

Spies can eavesdrop on phone calls by sensing vibrations with radar

An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone's speaker, enabling an AI model to transcribe the conversation,...

Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare

The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer...

Simple fix could make the census more accurate but just as private

The US Census Bureau processes data before publishing it in order to keep personal information private – but a new approach could maintain the...

Michelangelo’s ‘The Flood’ seems to depict a woman with breast cancer

The Renaissance artist Michelangelo had carried out human dissections, which may have led him to include women with breast cancer in some of his...

Is personalised nutrition better than one-size-fits-all diet advice?

Our metabolism's response to food is highly idiosyncratic and there are hints that tailoring our diet to these personal differences can deliver health benefits

AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

Scientists used AI to transform tourist photos into a 3D digital map of Antarctic penguin colonies – even as researchers debate whether to harness...

How to cut through the latest nutritional fads

From the benefits of fermented foods to diets that promise a better hormone balance, there is a confusing array of dietary advice out there

Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade

Orca – Black & White Gold digs deep into the dirty waters surrounding the killer whale trade and captures a daring rescue mission

Mountaineering astronauts and bad spelling? It’s advertising’s future

Feedback digs into a baffling ad for a mobile game and identifies a new and devilish way to advertise a product online: make it...

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