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Why mathematician Terence Tao thinks AI must spark a rapid revolution 

This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence Tao, the world's leading mathematician, says a rethink of the entire field is the only way out of the crisis 

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Could a new approach to AI finally deliver artificial general intelligence?

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The ancient Silk Road city that has a lesson for Silicon Valley

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Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. Steam billows out of tall towers, next to a small non-descript warehouse. Pipes come out of the ground. The entire facility is surrounded by wild Icelandic mountains

Environment

How to unlock unlimited geothermal energy, anywhere we want

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Technology

Stealth drone spins so fast that it disappears

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Technology is changing our perspective on nature – at every scale

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White shirt material being cleaned

Space

Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam

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The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award

Prize-winning young writer Hasset Kifle, 17, explores how the world of super-competitive running is being transformed by so-called “super shoes” – and what cost this will have on the sport

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Mind

What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow

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Meta and YouTube fined $3 million for harming mental health

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Social media is a defective product

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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