AI could help shrinking pool of coders keep outdated programs working
Computer programs from the 1960s are still used for bulk data processing…
PFAS: How ‘forever chemicals’ reached one of the world’s most pristine areas
A type of hormone-disrupting forever chemical was found in the Amazon’s airSebastian…
Cocaine in mummified brains reveals when Europeans first used the drug
Coca leaves have psychoactive and therapeutic propertiesFabiano Sodi/Alamy The mummified brain tissue…
Our efforts to cope with extreme temperatures are making them worse
Higher temperatures mean more use of air conditioningmegapress images/Alamy When temperatures turn…
Atlantic Niña: The Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why
A quickly cooling Atlantic Ocean could dampen hurricane threats from the PacificRebecca…
Why the underground home of the world’s weirdest wildlife is in danger
A lava cave in Iceland is a tiny part of a vast, underground…
Spiders use fireflies as flashing lures to catch more prey
An orb-weaver spider wraps up its flashing preyXinhua Fu Once orb-weaver spiders…
Video games are good, actually, find scientists
If you enjoy video games, playing them may be nothing to worry…
Astrology shown to be no better than random guessing
Astrologists claim to be able to use the motion of the planets…
Best case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming
The sun is setting on 1.5°CTaro Hama @ e-kamakura/Getty Images Humanity’s goal…
