The US has been honing its psychological warfare skills since the 19th century, when it started sending anthropologists onto battlefields, says Annalee Newitz
The new Climate Fiction prize aims to reward the best novels about climate change, because books can shift the narrative on global warming, says Tori Tsui
With big announcements about the latest artificial intelligence models this week, tech firms are competing to have the most exciting products - but generative AI remains hampered by issues
Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't yet exist - but now two teams say they are well on the way to building one
A solar energy absorber that uses quartz to trap heat reached 1050°C in tests and could offer a way to decarbonise the production of steel and cement
If a building is hit with an earthquake or explosives, the entire thing can collapse – but a design balancing strong and weak structural connections lets part of it fall while preserving the rest
Science chats with João Miguel Alves-Nunes about his risky experimental approach, and how it could help save lives
Strategy developed by engineers could help save structures from collapse
Online courses and student-run projects show there’s great interest in discussing Davy’s links to slavery and scientific racism
Humphry Davy was a prolific scientist, but could also be petty, selfish and prejudiced
Excerpts show different sides of chemist’s character
The Arctic could see a surge of jellyfish as climate change leads to warmer waters and less ice – a process known as “jellification”
Group headed by conservation biologist Peter Daszak partnered with Chinese institute that some accuse of sparking COVID-19 pandemic
Later, more intense hunting by modern humans probably pushed cave bears to extinction
Critics accuse Nature, which published the research, of failing to meet its own transparency standards
Reactors, neutron beam laboratory, and medical isotope production face disruptions
The one-day courses were particularly beneficial to those pupils with worse mental health problems initially
