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Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback

A fire at Vistra Energy's Moss Landing...

Waymo Finds a Way Around US Restrictions Targeting Chinese Cars

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Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback

A fire at Vistra Energy's Moss Landing battery storage facility in California destroyed thousands of lithium batteries – and a significant amount of the state's clean energy storage capacity

Tiny insect-like robot can flip, loop and hover for up to 15 minutes

A flying robot the size of a postage stamp can hover for up to...
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2024 may have been the rainiest – as well as hottest – year on record

Global average precipitation in 2024 may have broken the previous record set in 1998,...
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US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban – but the fight isn’t over yet

Now that the US Supreme Court has decided that a law banning TikTok is...
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World’s first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades

ELIZA is famous as a rudimentary artificial intelligence and the first ever chatbot, but...
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Severe droughts are getting bigger, hotter, drier and longer

Droughts lasting multiple years are becoming more common and extreme around the globe, expanding by about 50,000 square kilometres annually

Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery

A jawbone found in a Moroccan mine was thought to be a novel species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, but other researchers...

The evidence that suggests you don’t need alcohol as a social crutch

A reader is worried about socialising without the confidence boost she gets from alcohol. But studies show that the chemical isn’t necessary for easing...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first launch

After delays and false starts, Jeff Bezos's firm Blue Origin has reached orbit with its first launch of the New Glenn rocket, though attempts...

Humanoid robot learns to waltz by mirroring people’s movements

An AI trained on motion capture recordings can help robots smoothly imitate human actions, such as dancing, walking and throwing punches

What can we learn from a debunked theory of depression?

Rebutting the serotonin theory of depression exposed an important gap in our knowledge. But Joanna Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced takes too narrow a...

Ancient society may have carved ‘sun stones’ to end volcanic winter

Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it because a...

Zero-carbon shipping fuel could be a new source of pollution

The shipping industry is planning to swap some fossil fuels for green ammonia – but that could create a major new source of nitrogen...

Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars

From windswept craters to frigid ice caps, explore Martian landscapes through the eyes of NASA’s orbiters, probes and rovers

A rich guide to the science of imagination also digs into art

Neurologist Adam Zeman's excellent exploration of the power and complexity of our imaginations literally needs more space to house all its riches

Are we entering a dangerous new phase of climate change?

A series of events, from the California wildfires to evidence we passed 1.5 degrees last year, suggests wild weather will become even more common

Fancy publishing ‘nonsense’ and sabotaging your fellow scientists?

Feedback explores the upsides (and downsides) of Publish or Perish, a game that simulates the experience of building a career in scientific research

Could spider silk be the answer to sustainable fashion?

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. In its latest instalment, Rowan Hooper reveals how by...

Celtic tribe’s DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain

Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women
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