Reflections on a warming planet

The planet is reflecting less light back into space. That is making the world hotter

A nice, hot bath can go a long way

Being tall would be a disadvantage, if not for some clever engineering

In the Ukraine war, anti-AI tactics are producing bizarre forms of camouflage

How to turn a tiny advantage into sporting glory

Constrained by physics and politics, chipmakers are building upwards

Even tiny bursts of activity have measurable benefits

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently

They make the universe’s most extreme gravitational laboratories

The genomic generation is on its way

The quest for the optimal amount of shut-eye

The continent is warming faster than any other

From cow femurs to replacement hips and even living leaves

A big new review suggests most such procedures don’t help

The technology presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher’s favourite kind

Perhaps less than its marketers say

They grow faster when their rivals are doing the same

Dense cities do not seem to have been necessary for outbreaks of the disease

Researchers have now confirmed how cacao plants are pollinated