All major skiing regions worldwide are predicted to see a severe drop in snow days by the end of the century, with Australian resorts the worst affected
A four-legged robot can handle real-world obstacles that require scrambling up and down or leaping sizeable gaps. AI training lets it adapt to new terrain it hasn’t seen before
Disinformation is far older than humans. Lessons from evolutionary biology can help defend against it today, says Jonathan R. Goodman
The largest ever dataset of its kind suggests methane is leaking from US oil and gas fields at a much higher rate than previously thought, implying the environmental damage caused by the greenhouse gas is greater too
Fat droplets accumulating in brain immune cells could be behind the biggest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease
Thanks to globalisation, severe heatwaves in one part of the world can cause financial losses in another. Annual losses could reach as much as $25 trillion by 2060 if we don't curb emissions, dwarfing any previous financial crisis
Molecules could form the basis of ‘perfectly transmissive’ molecular wires
An artificial intelligence from Google DeepMind can play nine open-world video games like a human, by watching video from a screen and controlling a keyboard and mouse
The seafloor of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was thought to provide energy and nutrients to its ocean, but it turns out that may not be possible
Dubious assumptions and contentious nomenclature muddying the literature
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the third launch of its massive Starship rocket on 14 March, following two failed missions. What will the company be hoping for and what can we expect?
Analysis of 32 whale species shows the trait may have evolved to let older whales help take care of younger ones
Model showed excellent predicative ability and could cut animal testing in pollution research
The James Webb Space Telescope has found an unusual galaxy in the early universe with a black hole almost half the mass of the galaxy itself, raising questions about how it formed
Previously identified in worms, a protein on nerve cells helps mammals sense temperatures down to 0°C
Plans for Perseverance to explore past crater rim may be in jeopardy
Early studies suggest antibody testing can prevent complications and delay disease, but some worry about psychological toll
Scientists’ push to add sensors to cables pays off in Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Populations of moths living in urban places may have evolved smaller wings to limit how much bright city lights disrupt their lives
Since their introduction in the 1800s, giant sequoia trees in the UK have grown up to 55 metres tall and capture 85 kilograms of carbon a year on average
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that will require TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or risk a nationwide ban
The US House of Representatives is voting on a bill that would require TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or risk a nationwide ban
