Science & technology
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AI’s mathematics blitz pushes science into strange new territory
Other disciplines should take heed
Do you need to walk 10,000 steps a day?
How fast you walk may be as important as how much
This year’s Nobel science prizes are real-life sci-fi
Laureates pioneered neutrino astronomy, optogenetics and the study of mirror molecules
OpenAI claims to have solved hundreds of long-standing maths problems
It is judgment day for mathematics
Burglars could be identified from airborne DNA
Skin cells, dandruff and saliva are largely responsible
A Nobel for illuminating life’s asymmetry
And achieving a feat of chemical synthesis not seen for 4bn years
A Nobel for the strangest telescope ever built
The ghostly particles shed light on the distant universe
The Nobel for medicine goes to lighting up the brain
Inventors of optogenetics get the gong
Should you be using a tongue-scraper?
There is another tool that will do the job just as well
Simulating death can reduce people’s fear of dying
And help doctors train for the worst
It may soon be possible to create “mirror life”
Such research poses risks for humanity and the planet
Alternatives to GPS are around the corner
Earth’s quantum field and signals from other satellites may prove more reliable
Are weighted blankets really beneficial?
Measurable gains are modest, but many users report feeling better
Should you fear pesticide-resistant super-bed bugs?
Thankfully not. But individual populations are getting harder to eliminate
Space-going mirrors could offer daylight on demand
Applications stretch from disaster relief to street lighting
Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo
A succession of clinical trials is upending the field
A new battery could make edible electronics safer
Its components dissolve once it has done its job
Consuming extra vitamin D is less good than it sounds
What works well in theory seems not to in practice
Researchers have created a mouse with a partly human brain
It will help the development of drugs for neurological illnesses
Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters
Crystal balls give way to LLMs
Sea cucumbers may help protect coral reefs
They change the chemistry of seawater
A new device helps severely paralysed patients communicate
Eventually they might be able to control robots or exoskeletons