Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans
Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible Alamy Stock
Infinite monkey theorem: Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare
“Alas, poor ape, how thou sweat’st!” Colin Waters/Alamy If every chimpanzee on Earth were given a typewriter, they wouldn’t reproduce
Weird microbes could help rewrite the origin of multicellular life
Illustration of a protein from a single-celled organism called Haloferax volcanii FRANCISCO J. ENGUITA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Compressing a type of
Earth is now gaining less heat than it has for several years
The recent surge in warming led to fears that climate change may be accelerating beyond model projections, but a fall
Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?
The US Department of Homeland Security is trialling chemical sensors that detect the first whiff of smoke in the air
Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once
An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
6G phone networks could be 9000 times faster than 5G
Future mobile networks could transmit data much faster if they use a wider range of frequencies Frank Herrmann/Getty Images Wireless
Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s
Living microbes found deep inside 2-billion-year-old rock
Cells found inside ancient rocks, their DNA stained with a green fluorescent dye Y. Suzuki, S. J. Webb, M. Kouduka
Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are announced as the winners of the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine Jonathan