Science/Technology

Our new research predicts how Hunga Tonga’s vast underwater eruption in 2022 will change winters worldwide for years to come – as far away as Australia, North America and even Scandinavia. …

Deepfakes and disinformation are on the rise as the world faces the ‘biggest election year in history’. But AI doesn’t have to spell the end of democracy. …

The bigger the brain, the better we are at finding fruit. But is that true? A new study on wild primates refutes this idea. …

New research shows how fear of missing out and an inability to regulate our own emotions is linked to using the internet in concerning ways. …

Landslides are usually sudden and cause devastation in their wake. Here’s why they are seemingly impossible to predict. …

Using AI to write search results is risky for Google, the internet, and the whole idea of ‘truth’ …

A uniquely identifying population of bacteria can survive on clothes for months after a person wears them. …

Male proboscis monkeys are known for their large, bulbous nose appendages. It’s a strange feature to evolve – with new research shedding light on their unlikely origin story. …

New evidence from Laili rockshelter on Timor hints at a rapid, large-scale human arrival 44,000 years ago. …

With severe injuries from turbulence on a recent Singapore Airlines flight, questions abound over why airplanes encounter this phenomenon and whether climate change really will make it worse. …