Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely
Australia wants to ban social media for under-16s, but it won't work
Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good
Plumes of pollution from big factories can make it snow
Factory aerosols can transform the clouds above Getty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from large factories can trigger snowfall and leave
How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano
The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) brings unexpected ecosystem benefits All Canada Photos/Alamy Two years after Mount St Helens erupted
AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world
Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a
Cancer deaths expected to nearly double worldwide by 2050
Breast cancer cells that have metastasised to the liver Connect Images / Alamy The number of cancer deaths worldwide is
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
Is personalised nutrition better than one-size-fits-all diet advice?
Each of us has a different metabolic response to eating the same bread Matthew Ashmore/Alamy Consider two slices of bread,
AI models fall for the same scams that we do
Scams can fool AI models Wong Yu Liang/Getty Images The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being
Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time
Compounds called pyrenes have been detected in the Taurus molecular cloud ESO A complex form of carbon crucial for life