Why praying for rain appears to work – but only in some places
In some parts of the world, the probability of rain rises with every day it doesn’t rain, and communities in these places are more likely to carry out rain-making rituals
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The US-China AI arms race has taken an unexpected turn
Powerful artificial intelligence models built by Chinese companies have gone from inducing widespread panic to being met with a shrug of the shoulders – what changed?
Do we owe our existence to weird ‘virtual’ particles?
When considering what makes up a human body, a physicist drills down beyond the atomic level. Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores the not-exactly-real particles that allow the stuff we’re made of to hang together
Instagram iria permitir que qualquer pessoa usasse o seu rosto em fotos geradas por IA
Função seria ativada automaticamente, e poderia inundar a sociedade com deepfakes gerados no aplicativo; Meta decide recuar após repercussão negativa
Estudo aponta relação entre anticorpos e doenças neurológicas
Eles podem penetrar no cérebro - e atrapalhar a comunicação entre os neurônios. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Ciência.
How humans evolved to be twice as big as our ancestors
Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually smaller than us, in both height and body mass. Columnist Michael Marshall reveals surprising details about the short kings of prehistory
Sugar molecules found in interstellar space for the first time
Researchers have long suspected early life may have been helped by sugars brought to Earth by asteroids – now a sugar found in raspberries has been spotted in a cosmic cloud nearly 27 light years away
A ciência da pimenta
Toda planta “quer" que os animais comam seus frutos. A pimenteira é diferente: ela queima a boca de quem tentar. Mas, graças a um truque genial, conseguiu se espalhar pelo mundo mesmo assim. Saiba qual – e veja por que a humanidade se apaixonou por uma toxina que pode até matar.
Alzheimer’s, stroke, depression: The preventative power of sauna
Sustained heat stress is bad for our health and can be deadly. But we’re discovering that heat therapies like sauna, when used in the right way, have surprisingly wide-reaching benefits for health
Shifts in the jet stream are behind Europe’s long heatwaves
Two types of jet stream patterns seem to be causing persistent heat domes over Europe, with big questions for the future
Reports of the blockbuster exhibition’s death are premature as Tate’s Kahlo show breaks ti
Recent Van Gogh show was National Gallery’s most popular ever and British Museum gears up for arrival of Bayeux tapestryWhen Tate Modern announced a major exhibition devoted to Frida Kahlo, few doubted it would be popular. The Mexican artist has become one of the most recognisabl
Sugar review – Colin Farrell’s detective show is a luxurious labyrinth of noir
Each episode of this PI drama’s second season is a half-hour haze suffused with melancholy and distressed urban beauty. It’s the kind of show that could only exist on Apple TVGetting a TV show made isn’t easy. OK, so you’ve got an interesting idea and some good scripts – but a ne