US emergency alert system: Everything to know about the national test
Today’s test of the US national alert system on mobile phones is intended to offer opportunities to learn and prepare…
Mind-reading AI can translate brainwaves into written text
A system that records the brain's electrical activity through the scalp can turn thoughts into words with help from a…
Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests
An excavation on Timor reveals humans first settled on the island 44,000 years ago, long after the earliest occupation of…
Tiny jellyfish robots made of ferrofluid can be controlled with light
Researchers combined hydrogel with magnetic ferrofluid to make small jellyfish robots that can complete an obstacle course when directed with…
Earliest known sabre-toothed predator hunted 270 million years ago
The fossilised remains of an ancient carnivore provide intriguing hints about how early relatives of mammals began regulating their own…
Trump administration jeopardises key report on climate change
The Trump administration has dismissed all of the researchers working on the next installment of the National Climate Assessment, a…
Is it time to aim for 1.7°C as the new limit for global warming?
With the world on the cusp of passing 1.5°C of warming, scientists are turning their attention to defining a new…
Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct
A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans…