New works by Robert Macfarlane and Mike Berners-Lee are among the best new science books of 2025
[ad_1] The weather outside may be frightful but the new books inside are delighful Lechatnoir/Getty Images An Increasingly divisive politics. Media technologies that reinforce and
Remarkable images capture the diversity of Earth’s ice formations
[ad_1] Michael Hambrey and Jürg Alean A giant, impossible icicle. Starkly exposed mountain slopes. Billion-year-old rocks behind a lone iceberg. And the view from within
Supersonic flight will see a dramatic return in 2025 with new aircraft
[ad_1] Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 taking off for a test flight Boom Supersonic Commercial supersonic aircraft may soon return for the first time since Concorde was
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory gets started next year. I can’t wait
[ad_1] Rubin Observatory’s commissioning camera (ComCam) Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/H. Stockebrand Sometime in May or June, as the southern hemisphere winter sets in beneath the skies of
Is Christmas better now it’s over? Don’t worry, that’s common
[ad_1] Happy now? Assuming you are reading this issue promptly, it’s the post-Christmas lull: the weird interregnum between Christmas and the New Year when nobody
Should chatbots have rights – and should we care?
[ad_1] Is your chatbot in distress? Many people, myself included, would scoff at this question. It is just computer code, optimised to predict the next
Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof
[ad_1] Oops! Try that again Tetra Images/Alamy An error in a proof underlying a widely used branch of modern mathematics was accidentally discovered by mathematicians
We’ll learn about Ozempic’s potential for Alzheimer’s disease in 2025
[ad_1] The brain shrinkage observed in Alzheimer’s may be prevented by semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic ZEPHYR/Science Photo Library/Alamy Ozempic and Wegovy are already transforming
The best sci-fi books to look forward to in 2025 from Adrian Tchaikovsky to Ken Liu
[ad_1] Voyages, both interstellar and Earth-bound, frame many new sci-fi novels Shutterstock/PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek I am writing this without (so far) having read any of
Is Google’s approach to error-free quantum computers already outdated?
[ad_1] Google’s Willow quantum chip Google Many researchers believe that the only way to build unambiguously useful quantum computers is to enable them to correct