Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile Lionel Majzik A comet
New Glenn launch: Blue Origin’s reusable rocket set for maiden flight
New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida Blue Origin Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon
Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions
Air-conditioning units, which often use HFC gases, on a building in Shenyang, China Visual China Group via Getty Images Emissions
AI chatbots fail to diagnose patients by talking with them
Don’t call your favourite AI “doctor” just yet Just_Super/Getty Images Advanced artificial intelligence models score well on professional medical exams
Ancient checked dress may be Europe’s oldest two-colour garment
A reconstruction of the dress from an Iron Age grave in the Netherlands, created by Prehistorisch Dorp in Eindhoven
Supersonic flight will see a dramatic return in 2025 with new aircraft
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 taking off for a test flight Boom Supersonic Commercial supersonic aircraft may soon return for the first
Newly identified scorpion species ‘spits’ venom to defend itself
This scorpion (Tityus achilles) can spray venom out of its stinger Léo Laborieux A Colombian scorpion that is new to
OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it’s still not AGI
OpenAI announced a breakthrough achievement for its new o3 AI model Rokas Tenys / Alamy OpenAI’s new o3 artificial intelligence
‘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