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…
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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…
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
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…
Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its highest flight yet
The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December atop a Falcon Heavy rocket for…
AI recap this month: Drone ‘kills’ operator; DeepMind’s speed up
Research into AI is experiencing a boom, so we have rounded up the best of news from the past month…
How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend
You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the Lyrids meteor shower peak…
AI creates pictures of what people are seeing by analysing brain scans
An artificial intelligence that can create pictures of what people are looking at based on brain scans is impressive, but…
Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful radio pulse
Astronomers are puzzled by a strong burst of radio waves traced back to a NASA satellite that had been inactive…
First evidence of gladiator fight with lion seen in Roman-era skeleton
A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis…