Flexible drills, distributed power systems and, of course, artificial intelligence

It can iron out glitches in the rules before they go on the market

The key is to fly very low indeed

Yes, but the benefits wont last

The consequences will be felt around the world

Plate tectonics could explain continental plateaus and mini mass extinctions

DNA analysis reveals shifting family patterns

What the early evidence suggests about the effect on students

Moneyball enters its AI era

What could have generated the most energetic neutrino ever detected?

The mathematics of network analysis helps them follow the action

A $6m LLM isnt cool. A $6 one is

It does for weight loss. Its other supposed benefits are debatable

Drone operators and jammers are in a high-tech arms race

The right sounds can also disable their cameras

Their tools are software, and a nose for trouble

They wont hurt. Actually they might, a bit

Science & technology | What doesnt kill youWhy carbon monoxide could appeal to the discerning doperProfessional cycling is debating whether to ban the poisonous gasPhotograph: Getty Images Jan 30th 2025CARBON MONOXIDE is best-known as a poison. Each year around 30,000 people worldwide die from exposure to the gas, which can be produced by cooking stoves or indoor fires. But could it also have something to offer the hard-pressed athlete looking for an edge?Explore moreThis article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline Riding highFrom the February 1st 2025 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contentsExplore the editionReuse this content

By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other properties for an array of important crops

How the Casarabe died out remains a mystery

Boom Supersonics demonstrator jet exceeds Mach 1

Little is known about the effects on humansbut limiting exposure to them seems prudent

Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen

That probably assisted their evolutionary diversification

It is better than freezing them to death

Genetic engineering and AI are powering the search for antivenins

It wont hurt to try. But scientists are only beginning to understand the links between the breath and the mind

We invite applications for the 2025 Richard Casement internship

Science & technology | Dancing with deathA better understanding of Huntingtons disease brings hopePrevious research seems to have misinterpreted what is going onIllustration: Keith Negley Jan 16th 2025|Cambridge, MassachusettsHuntingtons disease is horrible. It is also odd. Illnesses caused by inherited aberrant genes are mostly what geneticists call recessive, meaning someone must receive defective versions of the gene involved from both mother and father. Huntingtons, the symptoms of which start with involuntary jerking, mood swings and memory problems, and end with death, is dominantmeaning only one parent need be a carrier to pass it on.Explore moreThis article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline Dancing with deathFrom the January 18th 2025 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contentsExplore the editionReuse this content

Those with the syndrome have more of a protein implicated in dementia