Newly identified scorpion species ‘spits’ venom to defend itself
A scorpion discovered in South America can spray venom out of its stinger and hit targets up to 35 centimetres away
Physicists in 2024 searched the quantum realm for the truth about time
Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd quantum property of entanglement, but deep mysteries remain
Flying electric taxis look set to finally take off in 2025
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are on track to start commercial passenger carrying services in 2025, but can they stand out from conventional helicopters?
Could 2025 be the year we finally start to understand dark energy?
A map of 31 million galaxies created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will be released next year, and could shed light on the origins of this mysterious force
COP30 host Brazil aims to get 2025 climate talks back on track
With the next UN climate summit taking place in Belém, Brazil, in 2025, the host nation faces an uphill struggle to encourage more collaboration and ambition from national governments
Direct CO2 capture from the atmosphere will scale up massively in 2025
A US facility will pull up to 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year after it opens in 2025 and sell carbon offset credits to large companies
These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025
From Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander to SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, around a dozen spacecraft teams have their sights on the moon
Disease-resistant pork may go on sale in 2025 thanks to gene editing
US regulators are expected to approve a disease-resistant pig breed in 2025, opening the door to wider adoption of gene-edited farm animals and crops
Humanoid robots will march into factories and homes in 2025
A robotic boom could see thousands of humanoid units entering workplaces and more in 2025, but whether they will have staying power remains to be seen
We could discover a new element on the periodic table in 2025
Work is under way to produce the first atom of element 120 ever seen on Earth, and the results could be in surprisingly soon