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Could electric race cars soon be faster than Formula 1?

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 7:00am
The electric cars of the Formula E racing championship can accelerate faster than Formula 1 cars and their top speeds are catching up – but battery capacity would let them down in a head-to-head
Categories: Astronomy

When rift lakes dry up it can cause earthquakes and eruptions

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 5:00am
Lake Turkana in Kenya, known as the cradle of humanity, has shrunk in recent millennia – and the loss of water has led to increased seismic activity, which could have impacted our ancient ancestors
Categories: Astronomy

AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero

Mon, 11/10/2025 - 5:00am
Several large tech firms that are active in AI have set goals to hit net zero by 2030, but a new forecast of the energy and water required to run large data centres shows they’re unlikely to meet those targets
Categories: Astronomy

Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet

Sun, 11/09/2025 - 7:01pm
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device for trade and tax
Categories: Astronomy

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, has died aged 97

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 4:13pm
As one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, James Watson pioneered the field of genetics and left behind a complicated legacy
Categories: Astronomy

Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 2:00pm
The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life
Categories: Astronomy

Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 2:00pm
The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough
Categories: Astronomy

A distant galaxy is being strangled by the cosmic web

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 11:00am
A dwarf galaxy 100 million light years away is being stripped of its crucial star-forming gas, and it seems that the cosmic web is siphoning off this gas as the galaxy passes through
Categories: Astronomy

We may never figure out where interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS came from

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 10:00am
The surface of comet 3I/ATLAS may have been so radically altered by cosmic rays that deducing its home star system would be impossible
Categories: Astronomy