Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season
A humpback whale breaching Zack Metcalfe Human musicians must practise for thousands of hours to perfect their performance skills, and the same may be true
OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it’s still not AGI
OpenAI announced a breakthrough achievement for its new o3 AI model Rokas Tenys / Alamy OpenAI’s new o3 artificial intelligence model has achieved a breakthrough
Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet cables
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How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban
TikTok is a video-sharing social media platform Anatolii Babii / Alamy A US law banning the popular video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect
Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?
Particles in ship exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening – some geoengineering projects would try to recreate this effect NASA’s Earth Obervatory How would the world
Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Borneo
The orange fur on the underside of Nepenthes pongoides leaves is why the pitcher plant was named after orangutans Alviana Damit A newly described species
Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK’s Online Safety Act
Small website owners say they may be forced to shut down Portra/Getty Images The UK’s new Online Safety Act may result in hundreds of community
NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, snapped by the Perseverance rover NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS A little helicopter finally met its end this year. NASA’s Ingenuity drone made its
Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases?
Transmission electron micrograph of parts of the norovirus pathogen BSIP SA/Alamy A global international trial of an mRNA vaccine against norovirus is getting underway with
The 26 best sci-fi short stories of all time – according to New Scientist writers
Is your favourite sci-fi short story in this list? Sometimes you’re in the mood for a slice of science fiction but you haven’t got the