- April 9, 2025
Space could emerge from time
Some physicists are questioning the idea of space-time SAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Physicists of the 19th century assumed that space was distinct from time – and
AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia
Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boom Chris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia is one of the greatest knowledge resources ever assembled, containing crowdsourced contributions
Ozempic weight loss is deemed less praiseworthy than lifestyle changes
The diabetes drug Ozempic can help people lose significant amounts of weight quickly Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock Using Ozempic to lose weight, even when combined with lifestyle
Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin
The thigh and shin bones of Paranthropus robustus Jason L. Heaton A fossilised left leg unearthed in South Africa belongs to one of the smallest
Distracted by your phone? Putting it out of reach may not help
Smartphones can be a distraction from other tasks Pheelings media/Shutterstock Do you find yourself distracted at work, turning to your smartphone for a bit of
Ex-UK cyber chief says asking Apple to break encryption was ‘naive’
Apple has withdrawn one of its encryption services from UK customers slandstock / Alamy A former cyber security chief has called the UK government “naive”
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine uses mRNA technology Imago/Alamy This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their
Euclid space telescope captures 26 million galaxies in first data drop
A sea of galaxies photographed by the Euclid space telescope ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi Extraordinary images from the
The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth
Sparks between water droplets may have started life as we know it Shutterstock/Perry Correll The first molecules necessary for life on Earth could have been
Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image taken by the Hera spacecraft. Its moon Deimos is the dark mark towards the centre of the
