The mighty T. rex comes to terrifying life, complete with feathers
13 March 2019
Life-sized models and scary VR at the American Museum of Natural History breathe life into fearsome predator, Tyrannosaurus rex, in an anniversary show for all ages
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The quantum world is infamously weird – now we might know why
13 March 2019
The property that makes the subatomic realm so odd could also be the engine that gives quantum computers their superpower
Our wooden future: making cars, skyscrapers and even lasers from wood
13 March 2019
Wood can now be processed into a super-material with extraordinary properties – and a wood-based, climate-saving economy is just what the planet needs
It will be 'snowing' nitrogen on Pluto for the next century
13 March 2019
A 30-year study of Pluto’s nitrogen atmosphere suggests it has reached maximum pressure and will now start to form 'snow'
The best image-recognition AIs are fooled by slightly rotated images
13 March 2019
Driverless cars have a problem – rotations of an object fool the best image recognition AIs, which may mean confusing a tin for a truck on the road
World-class Go-playing AI has learned to do really hard colouring-in
13 March 2019
An AI based on DeepMind's AlphaGo Zero AI has learned to solve graph colouring problems, which could ave many applications including allocating aeroplanes to flight routes
Russian military is building a flying vehicle with rotating paddles
13 March 2019
Defence researchers in Russia are building a cyclocopter, which is a flying vehicle that looks more like a paddle steamer than a conventional aircraft
Handheld device could detect CRISPR bioweapons before they spread
13 March 2019
Bits of DNA known as gene drives that force themselves through a population could be use maliciously, but thankfully there is a way to detect them before they spread
Too much sunscreen? Why avoiding the sun could damage your health
13 March 2019
For years we have been told to slather up or seek shade to avoid skin cancer. But now it is becoming clear that shunning the sun comes with its own health perils
Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel
12 March 2019
Firing a laser at a pair of black holes can produce more energy than you start with, letting you travel the galaxy without needing a large amount of fuel
