AI tool accurately predicts tumour regrowth in cancer patients
Exclusive: Tool predicts how likely tumours are to grow back in cancer patients after they have undergone treatment
Jeff Bezos is worth $160bn – yet Congress might bail out his space company
If we are going to send more humans to the Moon and eventually to Mars, will the goal be to benefit the people of the US and the world, or to make billionaires even richer?
Scientists hope to broadcast DNA and Earth’s location for curious aliens
Beacon of Galaxy message could be sent into heart of Milky Way, where life is deemed most likely to exist
The sinking of the Moskva: what do we know, and why does it matter?
Russia has acknowledged the ship has sunk but will not say it was hit by a Ukrainian missile
‘Can you hear me now?’ Study reveals why voices are raised on video calls
Scientists find that as video quality deteriorates, people speak louder and alter gestures to compensate
The big idea: should we get rid of the scientific paper?
As a format it’s slow, encourages hype, and is difficult to correct. A radical overhaul of publishing could make science better
Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study
Researchers found correlations between podcast listening habits and personality traits
VR role-play therapy helps people with agoraphobia, finds study
Sessions with virtual-reality headset helped people overcome anxiety and complete everyday tasks
Apollo 10½ review – Richard Linklater’s sensational coming-of-ager heads for the stars
Richard Linklater combines his affinities for rotoscoping and depicting the quiet magic of childhood in a wonderful paean to late-60s idealism
How do you stop fake news about Covid? Not by silencing scientists who ask difficult questions
Whatever Twitter was doing when it banned the Oxford epidemiologist Carl Heneghan, it wasn’t protecting the world from disinformation, writes Zoe Williams
Robot dog called in to help manage Pompeii
Spot will be used to identify safety and structural issues including tunnels dug by relic thieves
Social media may affect girls’ mental health earlier than boys’, study finds
Psychologists find biggest effects in girls aged 11-13, while boys’ most vulnerable age seems to be 14-15
Peter Ackers obituary
Other lives: Hydraulic engineer who carried out research into tidal energy and coastal protection
AI could decipher gaps in ancient Greek texts, say researchers
From imperial decrees to Sappho’s poems, Ithaca system can find word patterns and suggest age of text
Grunt of the litter: scientists use AI to decode pig calls
Researchers say algorithm that translates acoustic signatures could be developed to automatically monitor animal wellbeing