US military wants to grow giant biological structures in space
DARPA envisions growing structures hundreds of metres longScience Photo Library / Alamy…
US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site
The FEMA map detailed how climate change could affect the risk of…
Electronic tongue could let you taste cake in virtual reality
Hydrogels with a taste are administered into the mouth via a small…
Is OpenAI hitting a wall with huge and expensive GPT-4.5 model?
GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s latest chatbot modelCFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images OpenAI has…
We now know how much global warming has delayed the next ice age
Earth during a glacial periodZoonar/Alexander Savchuk/Alamy Without human-induced climate change, Earth may…
Extreme heat may speed up biological ageing in older people
A woman drinks water during a heatwave in Hyeres, FranceMagali Cohen/Hans Lucas/AFP…
Hunter-gatherers get less sleep than people in industrial societies
Members of the Himba community in Namibia get just 5.5 hours of…
Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved better defences
African elephants have extra copies of genes that help resist cancerNeil Aldridge/Nature…
Hair conditioner made from wood is black and smelly, but eco-friendly
The black hair conditioner on the left is derived from the wood…
How one farm is testing multiple carbon-capture tricks all at once
Wilbourne Farm in VirginiaJames Dinneen Kade Wilbourne pulls a lever, and several…
