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A mushroom cloud after the explosion of a French atomic bomb above the atoll of Mururoa, also known as Aopuni

Technology

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

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Technology

Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

Culture

Radiology center,

Health

AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer

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The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Technology

The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Features

Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

Technology

Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

Features

Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

Mathematics

Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

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Comment

The best new science documentaries of 2026

Culture

Space

Putting data centres in space isn't going to happen any time soon

Analysis

Technology

Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?

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New Scientists inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by imagination

Features

Technology

AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy?

Analysis

Technology

Why is AI making computers and games consoles more expensive?

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Technology

Imagining a future where smart glasses allow 'AI slop' to be avoided

Comment

Mathematics

Mathematicians say Google's AI tools are supercharging their research

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