Big Brother map spots illegal fishing in an instant
A video wall can tell when fish are stolen from the ocean in milliseconds by tracking ships and the species they are allowed to catch
Japan might get to name the most alien worlds
The International Astronomical Union's exoplanet-naming scheme may accidentally let Japanese astronomy clubs make the most suggestions for possible planet names
Extroverts may have stronger immune systems
Tracing links between personality and the immune system has thrown up the provocative idea that your character might affect how prone you are to sickness
Did shrinking Lake Chad help Boko Haram grow?
By bringing poverty, could Lake Chad's decline have fostered extremism? If so, a grand plan to refill the lake could help turn things around
Ex Machina: Quest to create an AI takes no prisoners
Alex Garland's directorial debut is a better film because of, and not despite, its engagement with consciousness research, says neuroscientist Anil Seth
Mystery storms rage across face of Uranus
In the past year, the seventh planet has sported huge cloud systems so bright they could be seen by amateur astronomers on Earth, but no one knows the cause
You think there's a multiverse? Get real
Positing that alternative universes exist is just disguising our lack of knowledge of the cosmos. It's time to move on, says physicist Lee Smolin
How fudged embryo illustrations led to drawn-out lies
Some of the most iconic images in biology hold a dark secret. Haeckel's Embryos: Images, evolution, and fraud delves into their history
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