Climate warnings highlight the urgent need for action ahead of COP27
2 November 2022
As Egypt prepares to host the next UN climate summit, a series of reports illustrate how much further countries must go to avoid catastrophic global warming
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COP27 must deliver on existing promises, says Egypt's climate diplomat
1 November 2022
Mohamed Nasr, Egypt’s chief climate negotiator, tells New Scientist that COP27 will focus on making sure existing promises are kept, rather than extracting new pledges
Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper
1 November 2022
An AI has been used to train robot dogs to toss cups into a garbage can or wipe a whiteboard with an eraser while cutting out hand-coding, which makes them one-tenth the usual cost
Rhino horns have got smaller over time as poachers target big prizes
1 November 2022
A database of photos taken from 1886 to 2019 reveals that horn size has gradually decreased in five species of rhinoceros, probably due to poaching
Gravitational waves could reveal the existence of quark matter
31 October 2022
Two neutron stars smashing together may produce a form of matter not seen before. If that happens, simulations suggest there would be a signal in gravitational waves resulting from the collision
Genetically modified mosquitoes cut the insect's number by 96 per cent
31 October 2022
In a city in Brazil, male mosquitoes were released that expressed a gene that meant their female offspring, which bite and transmit infections, couldn't survive
JWST finds ancient galaxy may actually be two galaxies merging
31 October 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has cast its eye on one of the oldest known galaxies, formed just 400 million years after the big bang, and it might be two galaxies merging
A soup of omicron subvariants could drive the next covid-19 wave
31 October 2022
The subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB may somewhat evade prior immunity, however, further research is required
Brazil election: Lula win hailed as victory for the Amazon
31 October 2022
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who campaigned to protect the rainforest, narrowly beat Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential election
Vaccines that prolong the immune response may give better protection
28 October 2022
Most vaccines are designed to provoke a quick immune response, but a longer one might allow the most effective immune cells to stick around in the bone marrow
