‘Green’ cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy than makers claim
Chia is a cryptocurrency that relies on empty hard disk space Andrey Zhuravlev/Alamy A cryptocurrency marketed as a green alternative
Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave
The Houtman Abrolhos Islands, off Western Australia, where corals appear to be exceptionally heat-tolerant Bill Bachman/Alamy Coral reefs on a
Gravity’s strength measured more reliably than ever before
Stephan Schlamminger and his colleague, Vincent Lee, examine the torsion balance they used to measure the gravitational constant R. Eskalis/NIST
How we discovered the speed limit of arithmetic – and broke it
Did you hear the one about the man who invented chess and got himself executed? Legend has it that a
Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid
Electric cars could make their owners money while they sit idle Maskot Bildbyrå At least 90 per cent of the
Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars
A thin slice of the map produced by the DESI five-year survey shows galaxies and quasars above and below the
NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission have made it home. Their journey, which began in Cape Canaveral, Florida,
Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen’s sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms
Matthew Macfadyen and Elizabeth Banks star in The Miniature Wife Peacock Miniature people have been a staple of science fiction
Iodised salt has become uncool but many of us need to eat more iodine
Boring old iodised table salt should make a comeback Tatjana Baibakova/Alamy When I was at uni, I had a biology
We may have seen a ‘dirty fireball’ star explosion for the first time
Dying stars can emit a powerful jet of radiation, as seen in an artist’s impression Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy Astronomers think