China is sending its Chang’e 6 spacecraft to the far side of the moon
If all goes well, the Chang’e 6 probe will be the first ever to land on the far side of the moon to take samples and bring them back to Earth
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We’ve glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity
Gravitons, the particles thought to carry gravity, have never been seen in space – but something very similar has been detected in a semiconductor
Analogue chips can slash the energy used to run AI models
AI research uses vast amounts of energy, but new research shows that analogue devices can run models far more efficiently due to their unusual ability
Deep-brain probe can read a rat’s brain without surgical implants
A tiny probe that can be moved deep into the brain via blood vessels could one day monitor brain activity in people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disea
Women’s pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?
Over the past 150 years, the rise in Caesarean sections and changes in diet could have led to smaller pelvises among women – which may make vaginal bi
The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift
A gaggle of companies are searching the US Midwest for underground hydrogen fuel produced by a billion-year-old split in the continent – New Scientist
The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse
Extreme weather events are the most dramatic consequence of climate change, but there are many smaller ways it disturbs our daily life
We’re no longer at our unhappiest during middle age
People used to experience an “unhappiness hump” around midlife, but declining youth mental health may mean that is no longer the case
Ex-UK cyber chief says asking Apple to break encryption was ‘naive’
Ciaran Martin, the former head of cyber security at GCHQ, says the UK government was “naive” to expect a request for Apple to weaken its encryption se
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lower the risk of 42 conditions
The benefits of taking GLP-1 agonists seem to outweigh the risks, at least when taken for approved uses, according to an assessment of how the drugs a