Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?
Humidity makes Shanghai’s heat more unbearable lukyeee1976/Getty Images “My office felt like a steamer on Monday morning,” wrote Chinese influencer Bi Dao in a social
Google DeepMind AI can expertly fix errors in quantum computers
Quantum bits, or qubits, can be thought of as representing data on a sphere Google DeepMind Google DeepMind has developed an AI model that could
IBM entangled two quantum chips to work together for the first time
An artist’s impression of IBM’s Eagle quantum processing unit IBM IBM has made a significant advance on the road to larger and more powerful quantum
Planet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found
An artist’s depiction of a system showing its host star, transiting planet and misaligned protoplanetary disc NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) A world seen orbiting
Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the
Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change
It hasn’t been a good year for people who care about climate change. A hoped-for peak in carbon emissions has failed to emerge, meaning we
AI simulations of 1000 real people using GPT-4o accurately replicate their behaviour
Can AI replicate individual humans? gremlin/Getty Images An experiment simulating more than 1000 real people using the artificial intelligence model behind ChatGPT has successfully replicated
Are calories on menus doing more harm than good?
Calories on menus mean we can no longer pretend that fast food is slimming David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images When you go to a
See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures
The sun’s upper atmosphere, or corona, in ultraviolet light ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team These fiery images are the clearest views we have ever had
Being in space makes it harder for astronauts to think quickly
There is a lot to keep track of when working in space NASA via Getty Image Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had slower