How could Ukraine stop Russia’s new Oreshnik missile?
[ad_1] A different missile to Oreshnik, the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, is test-fired from the Plesetsk launch pad in north-western Russia in March 2024 Associated
Banning scary-sounding ideas can comfort but does more harm than good
[ad_1] Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images In 1818, Mary Shelley invented a technology that has been used for both good and ill in the centuries since. It
Robot balloons are snapping centimetre-resolution photos of the US
[ad_1] The payload of a Near Space Labs balloon parachuting back to the ground Near Space Labs Autonomous balloons high in Earth’s atmosphere are taking
Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters
[ad_1] Deep-sea coral reefs are at risk from acidification Howard Chew / Alamy Stock Photo Ocean acidification is sinking into marine regions as deep as
Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans
[ad_1] Bird flu has been spreading in wild animals for years but it’s now adapting to humans Vuk Valcic//SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The threat
We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism
[ad_1] Most of us don’t think much about electric charge, apart from in those annoying moments when our phones run out of it. But for
Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs’ rise to power
[ad_1] Sauropodomorph dinosaurs feeding on newly evolved plants in a wet early Jurassic environment Marcin Ambrozik The contents of 200-million-year-old faeces and vomit are helping
Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years
[ad_1] Diamonds can store data stably for long periods of time University of Science and Technology of China The famous marketing slogan about how a
Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
[ad_1] An orca carrying a salmon in its mouth in south-east Alaska Minden Pictures/Alamy Some of the orcas off North America’s west coast have taken
Changing a single number among billions can destroy an AI model
[ad_1] The output of AIs is controlled by the interactions of huge networks of nodes or weights shulz/Getty Images An artificial intelligence model can be