US megadrought: How behavioural ‘nudges’ could stem the water shortage:
As climate change increases the incidences and severity of droughts, water utility companies and government officials are turning to behavioural interventions to get people to reduce their water use, but will it be enough?
8 things you can do right now to cut back your water use:
In drought-stricken areas across the globe, everyone must do their part to conserve a dwindling resource. Simple changes can help cut back on water use
Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change:
With the global population set to reach 8 billion people next week, Robin Maynard argues that investment in family planning, gender equality and education would have a profound positive impact on the planet
US midterms produce mixed results for environmental action:
New York voters backed billions of dollars in climate-related spending in the US midterms, but voters in California and other states rejected other environmental policies
AI diversity scoring system could help root out algorithmic bias:
Drawing inspiration from the way ecologists measure biodiversity, a method to score an AI's diversity could help determine how biased a computer system is
Many anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries can heal without surgery:
About 30 per cent of tears in the anterior cruciate ligament that supports the knee heal within two years with strengthening exercises, challenging the common assumption that surgery is always needed
A miniature universe shows particles may emerge out of empty space:
A first-of-its-kind experiment simulating the cosmos with ultracold potassium atoms suggests that in a curved, expanding universe pairs of particles pop up out of empty space
Astronomers saw a distant supernova less than 6 hours after it blew up:
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a distant star exploding earlier than ever before, allowing astronomers to watch the first eight days of a star’s violent death
Zapping specific neurons helps people walk again after spinal injury:
Nine people with lower body paralysis improved in their ability to walk after receiving electrical stimulation to the spine, with researchers then mapping the neurons that promoted this recovery
IBM unveils world's largest quantum computer at 433 qubits:
IBM's new quantum computer, Osprey, is more than triple the size of its previous record-breaking Eagle processor