The universe has been surprising us ever since we first looked into the cosmic darkness. We should embrace serendipity in science, says Chris Lintott

We are heading for a demographic crunch later this century, but might a workforce of intelligent machines compensate for a likely lack of human workers?

Many medical implants run on batteries that need to be recharged, but what if you could do so just by breathing?

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Three discrete immunological endophenotypes in early multiple sclerosis correlate with distinct disease trajectories and treatment responses.

MVA and multivalent Ad35-based vaccines induced robust protection against Mpox challenge in nonhuman primates, whereas ACAM200 induced near complete protection.

Gut microbiota dysbiosis in IgA nephropathy increases mucin-degrading bacteria, resulting in auto-antigen generation.

Adropin peptide inhibits GLI-regulated transcriptional networks to attenuate preclinical pulmonary and sclerodermatous fibrosis.

The black hole at the centre of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, has been captured in polarised light to reveal its magnetic field

The large language models behind AI chatbots are developing so rapidly that after eight months, a model only needs half the computing power to hit the same benchmark score - which is much faster than the rate at which computer chips improve

Missing Word 15

A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?

S_ _ _DO
E_ _ _
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Some basic equipment can help you safely enjoy the eclipse on 8 April – here's how to easily make what you need

An AI forecaster based on the language model GPT-4 can predict the outcome of future events more accurately than single humans. In some cases, it can even outperform the “wisdom of crowds”

A robot that can design, build and test objects made from folded paper can make paper planes that fly further than ones made by a human having the same number of attempts

My first gets your care and home to live in
My second might cause you to lose your grin
My whole may often get under your skin

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Later this year, NASA is launching its Europa Clipper spacecraft to the icy moon of Jupiter. Its mission is only to investigate whether the moon is habitable, but now researchers have found that one of its instruments could look for direct signs of life

Rediscovered magnetic recordings reveal just how extreme the largest recorded solar storm in history, the Carrington event in 1859, really was, highlighting the danger such storms could present to us nowadays

At its AI conference, Nvidia announced new software and hardware for AI-powered humanoid robots: a model called Project GR00T and a computer called Jetson Thor

The Starship rocket destroyed its launch pad during its first launch attempt in 2023, and the explosion resembled a powerful volcanic eruption, spraying sand and chunks of debris over a huge area

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface firm Neuralink has released a video of its first patient, Noland Arbaugh, controlling a computer cursor with his thoughts - is this the future?