The extraordinary energy of a 1-gram star probe

29 May 2019

Another mystery of that first black hole picture

29 May 2019

This looks like evidence of Chinese snooping

29 May 2019

Why do we tolerate the internet of broken things?

29 May 2019

Challenges of functional neurological disorder

29 May 2019

Forget rampant killer robots: AI’s real danger is far more insidious

29 May 2019

AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us

Singapore's ban on fake news sets a dangerous precedent

29 May 2019

As tempting as it sounds, Singapore's initiative to curb online misinformation could stop public-interest journalism and stifle academic discourse, says Donna Lu

Why is toast so different from bread heated in a microwave?

29 May 2019

Crisp dry toast couldn't be more different from steaming microwaved bread. A reader asks why - and it's all down to the very different way the appliances cook

Why do cars have speed limits – is it physics or just practicality?

29 May 2019

A curious reader asks: why can’t even the most powerful road cars travel over 350 kilometres an hour? Lift, wind resistance and human factors all play a part

Feedback: And the gong goes to the zombie climate apocalypse

29 May 2019

More global warming please, plus funding the hunt for dragons, manatee sex orgies and other oddities in our weekly round-up from the weirder side of science