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Environment

Monster wildfires are sending more smoke into the stratosphere

Smoke lofted into the upper atmosphere on towering pyrocumulonimbus clouds can spread around the globe and affect the climate

Life

Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season

Ants perform amputations on each other

2024 review: The strangest animal videos of the year

Mathematics

Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands

Best toys for child cognition

Using science to buy toys that support cognitive development in kids

Technology

OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning 鈥� but it’s still not AGI

Environment

Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?

Technology

How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban

Technology

Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet cables

Health

Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases?

A new type of norovirus is causing a very high number of cases in countries like England, just as a large trial of an mRNA vaccine is starting up

Space

NASA鈥檚 Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success

Technology

Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK’s Online Safety Act

Life

Hairy 鈥榦rangutan pitcher plant鈥� discovered in Borneo

Philippe Parreno’s ‘Voices’ uses AI to give agency to denuded land