AI helps drive breakthroughs in weather and climate forecasting

Stay up to date with free updates Simply register for the Climate change myFT Digest — straight to your inbox. Artificial intelligence has helped make breakthroughs in accurate long-term weather and climate predictions, according to research that promises advances in both forecasting and the broader use of machine learning. A team of scientists found that … Read more

Mulleted mammoth Chris Waddle helps scientists crack the creatures’ genetic code

Researchers have reconstructed the genetic code of the woolly mammoth in unprecedented detail after discovering fossilized chromosomes in the skin of a 52,000-year-old carcass preserved in the permafrost of Siberia. The mammoth’s luxuriant mane led researchers to name it after Chris Waddle, the mulleted former England footballer. It was freeze-dried after death, a process that … Read more

I let my 3 year old son watch a screen for 7 hours a day – I feel guilty, but it helps me get a nap

WRITER Charlotte Owen, 38, from Leeds, uses technology for up to seven hours a day to keep the peace when her toddlers are having tantrums. Here she tells Fabulous why she regrets it so much. Seb is ‘plugged in’ while Charlotte and the family have lunch outCredit: Supplied Charlotte Owen and her children Seb and … Read more

Research intern helps discover new pulsar buried in mountain of data

VLITE 340 MHz image of GLIMPSE-C01 from February 27, 2021. The clean beam is shown as a white ellipse in the lower left corner and has dimensions of 5 0 × 4 7 with a position angle of 52°. The cross indicates the central position of GLIMPSE-C01. The dashed white circle shows the core radius … Read more

Research reveals ‘molecular glue’ that helps form and stabilize memories

Memories are stored through the interaction of two proteins: a structural protein, KIBRA (green), which acts as a persistent synaptic label, and a synapse-strengthening enzyme, protein kinase Mzeta (red). Drugs that disrupt memory-maintaining interaction (other colors) erase pre-recorded long-term and distant memories. Credit: Changchi Hsieh, Ph.D. Whether it’s our first visit to a zoo or … Read more

The Gaia Space Telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars

A glowing orange and brown sphere next to a brighter orange sphere.

Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects in Gaia’s data catalog that accompany very bright stars, including so-called “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up research with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced … Read more

The Gaia Space Telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars

A glowing orange and brown sphere next to a brighter orange sphere.

Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects in Gaia’s data catalog that accompany very bright stars, including so-called “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up research with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced … Read more

New research helps untangle the role of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Image of the soil showing a close-up of a bacterium and the cellular pathways involved in carbon dioxide production. Available substrates from soil organic matter are processed via specific routes with different amounts of carbon dioxide emissions. Credit: Aristilde Lab/Northwestern … Read more

Tsunami sand helps scientists assess Cascadia earthquake models

This article was reviewed according to Science OK! by Nathaniel Scharping, Eos The Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the location of the Salmon River mouth (yellow star) and other onshore locations with identified tsunami deposits from the 1700 CE earthquake (yellow dots). Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth’s Surface (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023JF007444 × close to The … Read more

Webb telescope helps solve the long-standing mystery of why some planets look the way they do

Astronomers believe they have solved a remarkable and widely known cosmic mystery, NASA announced this week. Two groups of researchers, mainly using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered what causes certain planets to form to look “swollen” or bloated much larger than the dimensions suggested by their remarkably low density. It’s a … Read more