#ClimateScam: denialism claims flooding Twitter have scientists worried

Many advocates are fleeing the platform, unnerved by the surge in climate misinformation since Musk’s chaotic takeover

Scientists develop smartwatch-like health trackers for cows

Wearable devices powered by kinetic energy of cows will gather data to help track cattle wellbeing

Incoherent, creepy and gorgeous: we asked six leading artists to make work using AI – and here are the results

Artificial intelligence is creating increasingly sophisticated images. But what does it mean for the artworld? Gilbert and George, Gillian Wearing, Mat Collishaw, Elizabeth Price, Polly Morgan and Lindsey Mendick found out

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: ‘There are quite a few areas where physics blurs into religion’

To answer life’s biggest questions, says the German theoretical physicist and YouTuber, we need to abandon unscientific ideas such as the multiverse

Velcro, bullet trains and robotic arms: how nature is the mother of invention

Many of the world’s most inspiring solutions have been created by scientists who stole their ideas from the natural world

The Secret Genius of Modern Life review – irresistibly contagious TV

Prof Hannah Fry is a joy, and will make you deeply excited about the weirdest things – like the magnetic strip on the back of your bank card

Scientist Felix Flicker: ‘Compared with a kung fu fight in public, giving a talk on physics isn’t a problem’

The theoretical physicist and martial arts expert has written a new book that uses magic and wizardry as a portal to engage people with the important but overlooked field of condensed matter

The Guardian view on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover: the unfulfilled promises pile up

Editorial: The world’s richest man promises more than he has delivered. His social network purchase is likely to go the same way

Spray-on ‘metallic’ plastic could be used for wearable electronics

Metallopolymer conducts electricity and can be painted, sprayed or moulded into any shape

Elon Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer fund Starlink internet in Ukraine

Firm reportedly asks US government to pick up bill as relationship between Musk and Kyiv breaks down

Academic blocked from giving civil service talk because of criticism of government

Dr Kate Devlin told her invitation had been withdrawn owing to past comments on social media

The Treasures of Crimea review – Ukraine and Russia’s war over ancient gold

This fascinating and timely documentary about a collection of precious antiquities is full of dramatic twists and turns, and offers a microcosm of the current war

Vladimir Putin’s latest frightening gambit lies at the bottom of the ocean

If the Russian president has finally started listening to his military chief, you can bet he’ll soon target all those poorly protected internet cables at the bottom of the sea

Why gender is at the heart of the matter for cardiac illness

Studies show that women with heart disease are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men, and will have worse outcomes for surgery. What is behind this bias and how can how it be fixed?

Finally, we have evidence that hell is other people on social media

Seeing how much fun your peers are having is bad for your mental health, a study of students suggests