AI created images of food just by reading the recipes
AI can read a recipe and guess what the food will look like. Some of the results look like food you might cook at home, others look like inedible mush
Bumblebees lose sleep looking after the young by napping half as much
Worker bees tend to their queen’s eggs, feeding and grooming her offspring until they grow into adults – and they lose a significant amount of sleep doing the job
Hubble Telescope camera breaks – and US shutdown might delay repair
The wide-field camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has developed a fault – just as key NASA staff are unable to work because of the US government shutdown
Medieval dental plaque suggests women played important role as scribes
A rare blue pigment found in a medieval woman's teeth adds to the idea that many scribes at the time were women
Did older Facebook users sharing fake news really help elect Trump?
Nearly 1 in 10 Facebook users shared fake news during the 2016 US election. Most were Republicans over 65, but we still don't know whether this influenced the result
Millions of years ago a massive whale-eating whale roamed the seas
Huge sharp-toothed whales lived in the oceans million of years ago. An analysis of stomach contents suggests the species was top of the food chain
Astronomers have seen dying stars slowly crystallise and turn solid
Data from the Gaia satellite has revealed that the oldest stars in the Milky Way are crystallising as they cool down, a process that will take billions of years
China is showing the rest of the world how to build a cashless society
Mobile payment services are seeing explosive growth in China, where apps like Alipay and WeChat Pay let people do everything from paying bills to booking a taxi
Cosmic mystery deepens with new repeating radio burst discovery
Astronomers have found 13 more fast radio bursts from space, and one is only the second seen to repeat – which could help us figure out what creates the mysterious signals
Radio wave bursts from space keep hitting Earth and we don’t know why
Astronomers have found 13 more fast radio bursts from space, and one is only the second seen to repeat – which could help us figure out what creates the mysterious signals