Science & technology

Coral hazard

The Great Barrier Reef is seeing unprecedented coral bleaching

Continued global warming will mean its obliteration

Reef-building

Some corals are better at handling the heat

Scientists are helping them breed

Generative AI

Today’s AI models are impressive. Teams of them will be formidable

Working together will make LLMs more capable and intelligent—for good and ill

Disinformation

A Russia-linked network uses AI to rewrite real news stories

CopyCop churned out 19,000 deceptive posts in a month

Lunar living

To stay fit, future Moon-dwellers will need special workouts

Running around the inside of a barrel might help

Blade runners

Wind turbines keep getting bigger

That poses a giant transport problem

AI on the farm

New crop-spraying technologies are more efficient than ever

Pesticide use could be cut by up to 90%

Past lives

Archaeologists identify the birthplace of the mysterious Yamnaya

The ancient culture, which transformed Europe, was also less murderous than once thought

Generation confusion

Producing fake information is getting easier

But that’s not the whole story, when it comes to AI

Bad news

Disinformation is on the rise. How does it work?

Understanding it will lead to better ways to fight it

A steep hill

Fighting disinformation gets harder, just when it matters most

Researchers and governments need to co-ordinate; tech companies need to open up

Bling ring

The truth behind Olena Zelenska’s $1.1m Cartier haul

The anatomy of a disinformation campaign