Cats have brain activity recorded with the help of crocheted hats
Custom-made wool caps have enabled scientists to record electroencephalograms in awake cats for the first time, which could help assess their pain levels
Complex chemicals found on Enceladus improve prospects for life
The Cassini mission’s samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus have signs of various organic molecules that could be among the ingredients needed for life to get started
Cause and effect may not actually be muddled in the quantum realm
The direction of cause and effect was brought into question for quantum objects more than a decade ago, but new calculations may offer a way to restore it
Weather forecasts could warn about events made worse by climate change
Thanks to advances in weather simulation, forecasts of heatwaves and hurricanes could soon come with information about the extent to which they were fuelled by climate change
Blood test could diagnose ALS with up to 97 per cent accuracy
ALS, the most common form of motor neuron disease, can take a long time to diagnose, but a blood test could help doctors spot the condition sooner
The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for
Experiments show that viewers can usually identify video deepfakes of famous politicians – but fake audio and text are harder to detect
Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction
Extreme weather events lasting more than a decade could have killed off forests 250 million years ago, contributing to Earth's worst ever mass extinction
Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days
Seismologists were mystified by a strange signal that persisted for nine days in 2023 – now its source has been identified as a standing wave caused by a landslide in Greenland
Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift
An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice the size of Texas adds to concerns that the ice has seen a lasting “regime shift”, with consequences for ecosystems and global ocean circulation
SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew complete ‘stand-up’ civilian spacewalk
A groundbreaking civilian spacewalk saw two astronauts partially exit a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule wearing a brand new design of spacesuit. Every previous spacewalk completed before this was performed by government-trained astronauts.