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The best science and nature books of 2025

03 December at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

From the threat of superintelligent AI to the secrets of a longer life; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick

This felt like the year that AI really arrived. It is on our phones and laptops; it is creeping into digital and corporate infrastructure; it is changing the way we learn, work and create; and the global economy rests on the stratospheric valuations...

Scientists uncover surprise origin of wispy cirrus clouds

03 December at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

These delicate cloud systems appear to be seeded by massive atmospheric waves thousands of miles away

Cirrus clouds are our highest clouds; their delicate wispy strands are like an artist’s brushstrokes through the sky. During the day they are bright white and at dawn and dusk they can take on the hues of sunrise and sunset. But how are they made? New research reveals that some cirrus clouds...

Quality of migraine care dependent on ethnicity, UK survey finds

03 December at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Ethnic minority people more likely to experience poor treatment and even racism, Migraine Trust research shows

People from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to experience worse migraine care and to fear discrimination because of their condition, a survey by a leading UK charity has found.

Migraines are characterised by a severe headache, alongside other symptoms including dizziness,...

How Trump’s on-again, off-again Nasa appointee emerged from a political black hole

02 December at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanity

It used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stretching back to Trump’s first term of office could testify as much.

One who has emerged from a political black hole to return to the...

Standard Bank slashes PayShap fees

02 December at 12:45 PM, via TechCentral

Standard Bank now has the second-lowest PayShap fees in the country behind TymeBank, where they remain free.

Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth

02 December at 12:38 PM, via The Guardian

Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of...

The private school cost trap

02 December at 11:16 AM, via TechCentral

Parents are paying premium fees for education models that can’t match what online home schooling delivers.

Tuesday briefing: What’s next for the resurgent space race?

02 December at 08:40 AM, via The Guardian

In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to meet policy makers and space agencies at the industry’s largest gathering, a look at the exploration and exploitation of space

Good morning. This week Glasgow hosts one of the UK’s largest ever gatherings of the space industry at Space-Comm. With representatives of Nasa, the UK and Scottish governments and the UK space agency among 2,000 space...

Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments

02 December at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher

As a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish region of Almería had blown to warn their fellow villagers of rising rivers and approaching flood waters.

The hours he spent...

Apple’s A.I. Chief, John Giannandrea, Is Retiring

02 December at 04:15 AM, via New York Times

John Giannandrea, hired from Google, is leaving after the release of a new Siri was postponed. Apple has fallen behind rivals in efforts to develop A.I. products.

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