‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp As OpenAI model cracks Millennium Prize Problem that puzzled experts for decades, many feel shocked at pace of change The Guardian - UK · Sep 12
Every day should be D-day for weather forecasters Letter: Margaret Squires responds to an article about the wartime meteorologist James Stagg, whose work is dramatised in a new film The Guardian - UK · Sep 11
This antivenom cocktail could be game-changer for treating snakebites Method enables antibodies to be extracted and mass-produced by microbial cells, scientists say The Independent UK · Sep 11
One of science’s biggest mysteries could be solved by fossilised feather in dinosaur dung By studying this feather, researchers have found clues that help explain why birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the mass extinction The Independent UK · Sep 11
Ancient marble engravings show how Romans revered lightning strikes Findings shed light on ‘meticulous ritual procedures of time’, researchers say The Independent UK · Sep 11
NASA wants you to take pictures of clouds – here’s why The space agency is launching a citizen scientist challenge this month The Independent UK · Sep 10
Bizarre deep-sea squid captured on video for first time off California coast Only about 70 big-fin squid have ever been observed or collected The Independent UK · Sep 10
Scientists surprised to find Asian elephants can resist impulses, plan and act Research could help develop effective strategies to avoid human-elephant conflict The Independent UK · Sep 10
Homeowner unearths largest Viking silver hoard ever found in Denmark: ‘Biggest surprise of my life’ Treasure placed in clay vessel and likely buried sometime in 10th century The Independent UK · Sep 10
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking The Guardian - UK · Sep 9
Scientists develop single jab to cut ‘bad’ cholesterol levels by half Patients show 52 per cent drop in bad cholesterol levels within six months The Independent UK · Sep 9
Early Europeans resorted to cannibalism several times over thousands of years, cave fossils reveal Cannibalism was found concentrated in three time periods The Independent UK · Sep 9
Ancient builders brought 25-tonne stones from 18km away to create Britain’s Devil’s Arrows stone row Prehistoric Britons likely chose megalithic stones from sources holding personal meaning for them rather than sites offering logistical convenience The Independent UK · Sep 9
OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours The Guardian - UK · Sep 8
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8 How meteorologists recreated weather that helped decide second world war Experts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure – a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944’s D-day landings
The Independent UK · Sep 8 Britain to spend millions on space defence to counter threats and launch new satellites The broader UK Space Strategy details £7.8 billion in total funding across the sector up to 2030
The Independent UK · Sep 8 Strange deep-sea fish found walking sideways and backwards on ocean floor Most fish known to walk on seafloor only do so forward
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7 Konstantinos Politis obituary Archaeologist who spent his career excavating and protecting the sites and artefacts of Jordan’s Dead Sea shore
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7 Cravings ‘like heroin withdrawal’: what happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work? GLP-1 medications have been a gamechanger in the fight against obesity. But for a minority of patients, their impact is negligible. Why?
The Independent UK · Sep 7 Tour guides make remarkable discovery about Great Barrier Reef whales: ‘Not even scientists knew what it meant’ Discovery helps strengthen laws for how people interact with whales in the area
The Independent UK · Sep 7 Roman man’s tribute to beloved pet cat and dog found in 1,800-year-old mosaic Cat’s name likely hints at villa owner’s link to North Africa
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7 Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter The moon will pass less than a degree north of the giant planet and will be on its other side the next morning
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 Milky Way at the dining table: Bath art show celebrates 18th-century brother and sister astronomers Exhibition opens in former home of William Herschel, who discovered Uranus, and his comet-spotting sibling Caroline
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Studies on cockroach milk and nose-blowing crowned winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize Research into evolutionary history of kissing and how soil organisms break down buried underwear receive top comic science award as well
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3 Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months Organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis and acted as a ‘bridge’ while he waited for a human transplant in the US