Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever
A method that helped create two atoms of the rare, super-heavy element livermorium may pave the way towards making the…
AI beats human experts at distinguishing American whiskey from Scotch
Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies from different countries and identify their constitue
Distracted by your phone? Putting it out of reach may not help
When researchers asked people to work on a computer with their phones 1.5 metres away, the amount of time they…
Armoured dinosaur’s ‘crazy’ spikes weren’t just for defence
A 165-million-year-old ankylosaur from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was covered in an array of extreme armour including body spikes…
Independent estimate of Gaza deaths is higher than official figures
A study based on household surveys suggests that from October 2023 to January 2025, around 75,000 people in Gaza died…