Is superintelligent AI just around the corner, or just a sci-fi dream?
Tech CEOs are promising increasingly outlandish visions of the 2030s, powered by "superintelligence", but the reality is that even the…
Massive glacier collapse triggers landslide that buries Swiss village
Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the brink of…
Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus
A vein of Galen malformation is a condition that can place pressure on a fetus’s heart and lungs and deprive…
Women may age fastest during their 30s and 50s
A woman may be most likely to give birth in her 30s and go through the menopause in her 50s,…
Is England doing enough to stop covid-19 spreading in hospitals?
Up to 1 in 50 people admitted to hospital during England’s second covid-19 wave caught the coronavirus there. Are sufficient…
Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen
Before it shattered over Germany, the asteroid 2024 BX1 was clocked rotating once every 2.6 seconds – the fastest spin…
California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather
Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather…
Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sinking at a rapid rate
Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US's biggest cities are…
A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why
Astronomers have struggled to explain why a long and thin cloud forms above Mars’s Arsia Mons volcano each year, until…
Why is it seemingly impossible to stop phone thieves?
The huge market for stolen smartphones means that thieves will continue to snatch them, but is there anything we can…