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Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war

10 June 2026

Uncrewed ground vehicles have already been tested for defending the front line by the Ukrainian military. Despite their limitations, these remotely controlled robots could be the deciding factor in many conflicts

Geoengineering can thicken Arctic sea ice, but for how long?

1 June 2026

Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman (left) announcing its plans to establish a permanent presence on the moon during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Washington, DC, on 26 May

NASA plans a base on the moon spanning hundreds of square kilometres

27 May 2026

Three missions slated to launch this year will begin to search the lunar surface for a suitable base location
2D36Y7E Dramatic clouds and supercell thunderstorm get swept up by a linear storm at sunset during a severe weather outbreak near St. Francis, Kansas

Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?

12 May 2026

We’ve long tried to control the weather by engineering rainfall. Now such cloud-seeding efforts are escalating, creating conflict between countries and stoking conspiracy theories. But do they work?

Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash

8 May 2026

A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control
Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

1 May 2026

In this extract from Luminous, the May read for the New ÒÁÈ˾þà Book Club, we meet a mysterious robot discovered in a salvage yard in Seoul, in a future reunified Korea
A vessel heading towards the Strait of Hormuz

Game theory explains why the US's goals in Iran keep changing

21 April 2026

The ongoing conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has become a situation in game theory known as a war of attrition. The maths behind it can help explain what's going on, says Petros Sekeris
Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

8 April 2026

John Pendry is known for creating an invisibility cloak. Twenty years on, he has used the same principles to fashion an even more powerful kind of metamaterial that can teach us about the wild frontiers of physics

Bumblebees surprise scientists by showing a sense of rhythm

2 April 2026

Recognising rhythmic patterns was thought to require a big brain, but a series of experiments has shown that buff-tailed bumblebees have this ability, too

Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and it could get bad

30 March 2026

Even if the conflict in the Middle East ends today, higher fuel, fertiliser and pesticide prices will lead to a food shock in the coming months. There is no easy way out, but accelerating the net-zero transition will help prevent future shocks

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