Hundreds of people have caught measles in the United States this year, with the majority of the cases tied to…
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Around four years ago, now 77-year-old John Gormly went for what was supposed to be a routine blood test. But…
A new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven weather prediction system could transform forecasting, researchers predictThe system, dubbed Aardvark Weather, generates forecasts tens…
Is there anybody out there? Are we really alone in the universe, or are aliens just patiently waiting for us…
Scientists in Japan have developed a new kind of “universal” computing memory that is much faster and less energy-hungry than…
QUICK FACTSName: Drake PassageLocation: Between the tip of South America and AntarcticaCoordinates: -58.58153988533979, -64.51727013412221Why it’s incredible: The passage is one…
A new estimate suggests China is home to 142.6 billion trees, meaning the country has roughly 100 trees per inhabitant.These…
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early universe. It’s…
The patient: A 17-year-old boy in the NetherlandsThe symptoms: The teenager was admitted to a hospital in the Netherlands for…
In this extract from “The Pocket Guide to Planetary Peril” (WH Allen, 2025), author Jakob Thomä, a professor at the…