26 May 2021
The quantum internet will keep bank details secure but also let people plot crimes in complete secrecy unless democratic leaders swiftly improve their record on policing digital privacy
26 May 2021
The explosions of supernovae are so powerful they can be seen with the naked eye. The physics behind them is harder to uncover, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
26 May 2021
Hydrogen has the potential to be the green energy source of the future, and Japan wants to use symbols like the Olympic and Paralympic torches to tout its benefits
26 May 2021
Several vaccines are less effective at preventing symptomatic infections by new variants, which is concerning because any degree of escape at this point could prevent countries from achieving herd immunity
25 May 2021
The director-general of the World Health Organization has called for a massive drive to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of every country in the world by September, and 30 per cent by the end of the year
25 May 2021
Rove beetles have glands in their abdomen that secrete a toxin, and they are made up of just two cell types that evolved together – which may be how other animal organs originated
25 May 2021
For the first time geoglyphs have been found in India, and one of the images dwarfs anything from Peru’s famous Nazca Lines – but it isn’t clear who made it or when
24 May 2021
Neutron stars, the remnant cores of stars that have gone supernova, are some of the densest objects in the universe, and their intense gravity means their surface differs in height by less than 0.1 millimetre
21 May 2021
The shutdown of a US oil pipeline is just the latest in a wave of ransomware attacks targeting everyone from small businesses to government agencies – what can be done to stop it?
21 May 2021
Some bird embryos can communicate with their parents by chirping through their egg, but will stay quieter if they think that predators are nearby
