A data centre in Ashburn, Virginia JIM LO SCALZO/EPA/Shutterstock As the AI industry rapidly expands, questions about the environmental impact of data centres are coming to the forefront – and a new forecast warns the industry is unlikely to meet net zero targets by 2030. Fengqi You at Cornell University in New York and his…
November 10, 2025 2 min read Scientists See ‘Eureka’ Moments in Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writings Researchers spot the “tipping point” before mathematicians’ moments of discovery By Matthew Hutson edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier If you want to know when mathematicians are about to have a breakthrough, you don’t need to look inside their heads. Just watch…
Socrates wasn’t the greatest fan of the written word. Famous for leaving no texts to posterity, the great philosopher is said to have believed that a reliance on writing destroys the memory and weakens the mind. Some 2400 years later, Socrates’s fears seem misplaced – particularly in light of evidence that writing things down improves…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today that the Food and Drug Administration will remove so-called black box labels from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications for menopause. The move reverses a decision that came down in the early 2000s, after research at the time found that the therapies increased the risk of…
Ultrasound waves can penetrate the skull into the brain Shutterstock/peterschreiber.media Pulsing ultrasound waves through the brain could improve survival after a type of stroke by helping to clear out inflammatory dead blood cells, according to a study in mice. The approach, which enhances the effects of lymphatic drainage, could also treat Alzheimer’s disease, with a…
President Trump has argued the U.S. should test nuclear weapons because other countries are doing it. But scientific data suggest they’re not.
November 10, 2025 3 min read Why Do Only Some People with Schizophrenia Hear Voices? New research aims to tease out what exactly is happening in the brains of people with schizophrenia who have auditory hallucinations By Hannah Seo edited by Lauren J. Young anand purohit/Getty Images Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious…
Aron Leah of Fried Cactus This was meant to be a big year for me. I planned to run a marathon, gain a diploma in Spanish and begin work on my next book – all while growing my social media following to promote my journalism. Even when I have felt frustrated or stressed, I have…
New evidence may resolve a longstanding archaeological puzzle in Peru. A vast line of thousands of holes dug into a ridge in the foothills of the Andes Mountains served as a regional marketplace for pre-Inca groups more than 600 years ago, researchers report November 10 in Antiquity. Inca rulers later repurposed the 1.5-kilometer-long earthwork, known…
The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal transformations, such as the emergence of the cell, the rise of multicellular organisms and the biosphere’s expansion from the primordial seas to the land and sky. Today, with life having crept into practically every possible niche on Earth, it may seem…
