ADHD may have evolved to help foragers know when to cut their losses
Symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, such as impulsivity, may have helped foragers in hunter-gatherer communities quickly move on to
Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a brief kiss
Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into…
Slick trick separates oil and water with 99.9 per cent purity
Oil and water can be separated efficiently by pumping the mixture through thin channels between two semipermeable membranes
Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes
Humans established a wild population of brown forest wallabies in the Raja Ampat Islands thousands of years ago for their…
Ghana is the first country to approve highly effective malaria vaccine
A malaria vaccine that is 77 per cent effective in clinical trials has been approved for use in children 3…
Earliest signs of horse riding found in 5000-year-old human remains
The bones of nine men from graves in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania show hallmarks of horse riding in the patterns…
SpaceX’s enormous Starship rocket finally launched – and then exploded
The launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket, the biggest and most powerful to ever fly, didn't quite go as planned. It…
Elon Musk’s brain implant firm Neuralink gets approval for human trial
The brain implant company Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk among others, previously tested implants in pigs and monkeys. Now it…
India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon rover swerves to avoid crater
The six-wheeled Pragyan rover had to change course to avoid a 4-metre-wide crater on the surface of the moon, as…
We must move faster to understand and regulate AI, says Rishi Sunak
Speaking at the end of the UK's AI Safety Summit, prime minister Rishi Sunak said that we don't yet understand…