Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burn San Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in
Dark oxygen: New deep sea expedition to explore mysterious discovery
Manganese nodules on the sea floor may be a source of oxygen Science History Images/Alamy Marine scientists who made headlines
Ultra-thin material creates a magnetic mystery
Bismuth crystals reflect light in all colours of the rainbow Oliver Berg/dpa/Alamy Ultra-thin flakes of bismuth display mysterious magnetic properties
ELIZA: World’s first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades
Joseph Weizenbaum created the ELIZA chatbot at MIT From the image archive of the documentary film “Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work”
SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon
An artist’s impression of Blue Ghost landing on the moon Firefly Aerospace Two private spacecraft aiming to land on the
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