Новости за 30.08.2023

There is more to where maths came from than the ancient Greeks. From calculus to the theorem we credit to Pythagoras, so much of our knowledge comes from other places, including ancient China, India and the Arabian peninsula, says Kate Kitagawa

An unprecedentedly heavy version of oxygen is significantly less stable than expected, which suggests a problem our understanding of the nuclear strong force

The Swift AI has beaten expert drone racers in high-speed races using an on-board computer that fuses artificial intelligence and classical algorithms – a method that could speed up delivery drones

See our reaction to the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry announcement

The UK government has announced it will no longer require homebuilders to mitigate the water pollution created by new developments, a move that experts say will reduce transparency and is likely to harm rivers

Soaring US demand and high drug prices may be keeping the weight loss injections from other nations

A company called Synchron, backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, may become the first to commercialise a brain implant that lets people control touchscreen devices using brain signals

Applied physical sciences professor Zijie Yan fatally shot on campus

Mosquitoes can be drawn to your skin microbiome, suggesting that one day a spray that alters your bacteria could help ward off bites

A small proportion of people in the US are responsible for eating 50 per cent of the beef consumed in the country, which is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions

The latest generations of artificial intelligence models show little to no trace of 14 signs of self-awareness predicted by prominent theories of human consciousness

Giving employees options for how to de-stress is better for preventing burnout

Cesium-soaked truffles may keep dangerous fallout in an environment’s food web for longer than scientists thought

Drinking alcohol does not give people "beer goggles" that make others seem more attractive, but it may give them the confidence to approach those they already found attractive

Controversial astrophysicist says metallic spheres are alien, but others say it is “nonsense”

Measuring DNA damage in mitochondria could predict who will develop devastating brain disorder, preliminary study suggests