SCIENCE

The best new sci-fi this month featuring John Scalzi, Silvia Park and Ai Jang
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . March 3, 2025
The moon has turned to cheese in John Scalzi’s new sci-fi novel Madeleine Steinbach / Alamy Stock Photo My only

NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 28, 2025
Artist’s impression of the SPHEREx space telescope NASA/JPL-Caltech The latest addition to NASA’s fleet of space telescopes will launch this

When did people start building houses with corners?
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 25, 2025
Rectangular buildings became common from about 10,000 years ago, as seen in this reconstruction of the ancient city of Çatalhöyük

Hair conditioner made from wood is black and smelly, but eco-friendly
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 22, 2025
The black hair conditioner on the left is derived from the wood powder on the right Fengyang Wang/Stockholm University This

Can Google’s new research assistant AI give scientists ‘superpowers’?
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 19, 2025
Google’s AI “co-scientist” is based on the firm’s Gemini large language models Raa/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Google has unveiled an experimental artificial intelligence

Earth wouldn’t have ice caps without eroding rocks and quiet volcanoes
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 16, 2025
Antarctic ice on 1 Jan 2024 NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Earth’s climate isn’t easy to cool down – especially if

Oil firms’ plans for net-zero oil extraction labelled as ‘PR spiel’
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- . February 13, 2025
An oil drilling rig in California’s Central Valley Ashley Cooper / Alamy Fossil fuel companies are experimenting with using carbon

Distant exoplanet may be the most volcanic world ever found
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- . February 10, 2025
Illustration of the volcanic exoplanet L 98-59 b NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An alien world with a seemingly sulphur-filled

AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to decode data
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 7, 2025
A chip on the end of an optical fibre University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in China An artificial

Bonobos can tell when they know something you don’t
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- . February 4, 2025
Kanzi, one of three captive bonobos whose mental abilities were tested in the study Ape Initiative Bonobos are quick to