This year will be remembered for many pioneering events, from the first private landing on the moon (see “Space was for sale in 2024 as private missions led by Elon Musk boomed”) to the first pig kidney transplants in living...
AI found a new way to entangle particles of lightluchschenF/Shutterstock Quantum entanglement just got easier, thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers...
A bee pollinating a squash flowerRoman Kýbus/Alamy Plants treated with diverse species of fungi that live on roots grew larger...
People carrying out disinfection work at a market in Wuhan, where covid-19 is thought to have originated, in March 2020An...
Someone’s kidneys could be a decade older, biologically, than their brainChristian Kitzmuller/Alamy Our organs appear to age at different rates,...
Produce has been the source of many foodborne illness outbreaks in the US this yearThe Image Party/Shutterstock Apple sauce containing...
Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearbyGoogle Earth Archaeologists have discovered a...
It hasn’t been a good year for people who care about climate change. A hoped-for peak in carbon emissions has...
Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good...
Factory aerosols can transform the clouds aboveGetty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from large factories can trigger snowfall and leave holes...
