‘Artificial tongue’ can detect chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks
Molecular testing can be used to assess drink quality Evgenii Parilov/Alamy Drinks manufacturers and consumers may soon have a small,
Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth’s surface?
Drill rig in Nebraska run by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC, which established its first hydrogen borehole in 2019 Viacheslav Zgonnik
Global forecast for 2025 sees temperatures falling back below 1.5°C
A severe storm brought on by La Niña in Queensland, Australia Genevieve Vallee / Alamy Stock Photo The average global
Chips linked with light could train AI faster while using less energy
The prototype of an IBM optics module for connecting chips with fibre optics Ryan Lavine for IBM An optical fibre
Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new kind of infinity
Infinity is more complex than you might think Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images A new kind of infinity appears to break the
Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?
It is rare that a drug becomes a household name and even rarer for one to become a superstar, but
Most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates
Someone’s kidneys could be a decade older, biologically, than their brain Christian Kitzmuller/Alamy Our organs appear to age at different
Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years
Diamonds can store data stably for long periods of time University of Science and Technology of China The famous marketing
Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearby Google Earth Archaeologists have discovered
We’ve taken a photo of a star in another galaxy for the first time
Left: An image of the star WOH G64 taken with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile. Right: An artist’s