Volcano in Ethiopia is releasing unusually large plumes of methane
Satellites have detected large volumes of methane spewing from Mount Fentale’s crater following months of earthquakes that have shaken the region
AI trained on novels tracks how racist and sexist biases have evolved
Questioning a chatbot that has been trained on bestselling books from a particular decade can give researchers a measure of the social biases of that era
Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey
In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects
Gigantic star has gone through a rapid transformation and may explode
A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may be getting ready to explode in a supernova
Why being bilingual really does seem to delay dementia
Multiple studies suggest that speaking more than one language pushes back the onset of dementia, but doesn't seem to stop it entirely
USAID funding freeze devastates reproductive healthcare worldwide
The Trump administration’s pause on US foreign assistance could lead to an estimated 4.2 million unintended pregnancies and more than 8300 pregnancy-related deaths
Microsoft wants to use generative AI tool to help make video games
Using AI to produce footage of video games with a consistent world and rules could prove useful to game designers
The world’s glaciers have shrunk more than 5 per cent since 2000
An analysis of more than 270,000 glaciers worldwide reveals that they have lost around 7 trillion tonnes of ice since 2000, raising sea levels by 2 centimetres
Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly
Spreading crushed rocks on fields can absorb CO2 from the air – now chemists have devised a way to turbocharge this process by creating more reactive minerals
Microsoft has a new quantum computer – but does it actually work?
Researchers at Microsoft say they have created so-called topological qubits, which would be exceptionally resistant to errors, but their claim has been met with scepticism