Meat from the butchered beasts would have fed hundreds
A magma network may feed into different volcanoes, including Mauna Loa and Kīlauea
Desert knowledge exchange cloaked imperial goals, argues a political geographer
OpenAI’s AI Text Classifier aims to spot content generated by AI platforms before it can be used by bad actors, but the company admits it’s not perfect
A week is a long time in artificial intelligence, so here’s a round-up of the AI Magazine articles that have been starting conversations around the world
New blood tests can reveal whether your immune system is fighting fit by looking at the balance of different immune cells, but there may be a simpler way of gauging your immune health
Banded mongooses have long been used as a model of animal cooperation. Now, researchers in Uganda are starting to get to grips with the harsh realities of their long-running and bloody battles
In some cases, it is now possible to genetically engineer the immune system to banish cancers like T-cell leukaemia that were previously unresponsive to treatments
Two brain regions help humans to filter out irrelevant information and concentrate on the right stuff in social situations.
Export of minerals, wood and energy drives a surprisingly high fraction of deforestation.
Magma chamber is discovered beneath Kolumbo volcano, near the Greek island of Santorini.
Big outbreak at a Spanish farm reignites fears of an H5N1 influenza pandemic
Plans to drown orchards and farm fields to boost groundwater supplies get off to a slow start
Highlights from the Science family of journals
It’s unacceptable that millions living in poverty still lack access to safe water and basic sanitation. Nature Water will help researchers to find a way forward.
Repeating bursts of X-rays lead scientists to a black hole that eats in spurts.
At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
Will reprogramming technique one day help people?
Data from citizen scientists reveal a worrying growth in light pollution over the past decade
An anthropologist argues that experimental communities in Madagascar influenced the European Enlightenment
Highlights from the Science family of journals
New Scientist Magazine – 21 January 2023:
There’s a lot of hype surrounding the idea of a decentralised version of the internet that would give more power to ordinary users. Here’s what it would take to make it happen
By upending the idea that a chemical imbalance in the brain is behind depression, we are starting to understand some of its mysteries and develop better treatments
Where European eels start and end their lives was long a mystery, but an audacious expedition has finally revealed the last details of their incredible migration
A century ago, the discovery of hafnium confirmed the validity of the periodic table — but only thanks to scientists who stood up for evidence at a time of global turmoil.
A metal–polymer composite conducts electricity and conforms to the skin, making it suitable for medical devices applied directly to the body.
Dwarf planet Eris’ rotation is constrained by its large moon Dysnomia, named after the Greek goddess of lawlessness.
Analysis of more than one million people suggests that roughly 16% of the condition can be attributed to genetic factors.
Scientists are abandoning conventional thinking to search for extraterrestrial creatures that bear little resemblance to Earthlings
Growing swarms of spacecraft in orbit are outshining the stars, and scientists fear no one will do anything to stop it
New techniques and novel ingredients can greatly reduce the immense carbon emissions from cement and concrete production
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