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Machine mind hack: The new threat that could scupper the AI revolution

24 April 2019

Even tiny tweaks to data can confuse AI algorithms, potentially arming cyber attackers with a way to undermine everything from image recognition to driverless cars

Clever chemistry could make fertiliser with a smaller carbon footprint

24 April 2019

There could finally be a way to make vital agricultural fertiliser without releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases – but will it work on an industrial scale?

Anti-ageing drugs are coming that could keep you healthier for longer

24 April 2019

Longevity research is no longer aimed at prolonging lives, it is trying to keep us fit right until the end. New anti-ageing drugs may finally be here to make that happen

Reef halo riddle: What's behind the mysterious rings around coral?

24 April 2019

We long assumed that circles of bare sand around coral reefs are caused by fish nibbling away seaweed. But a 10-year investigation has found the truth is far murkier

Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

23 April 2019

People with incurable melanomas and brain or breast cancers are to receive injections of genetically modified viruses that may shrink their tumours

Satellites are checking if boats in remote places are fishing legally

22 April 2019

The Indonesian government is using tiny internet-providing satellites to check if boats in the middle of the ocean are fishing legally

Australia’s dingoes may keep feral cats in check and protect wildlife

22 April 2019

Feral cats have contributed to the extinction of 20 of Australia’s native mammals, but another predator – the dingo – might stop them causing more damage

Huge dinosaur may have stood on its toes with fleshy pads for balance

21 April 2019

Rhoetosaurus brownei lived 170 million years ago. Despite the dinosaur weighing 24 tonnes it may have stood on its tiptoes with fleshy pads for balance

Baby boom for the kakapo, New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot

20 April 2019

There are fewer than 150 adult kakapo in New Zealand, but this year’s bumper crop of almost 90 chicks renews hope that the bird can be saved from extinction

If Mars has life, its total mass is 10,000 times smaller than Earth’s

19 April 2019

Any life on Mars is probably several kilometres underground, and the Martian atmosphere suggests it might collectively amount to no more than 200 million tonnes