Matthew Sparkes

People appear to prefer short stories created by AI over those written by humans. They are also no better than chance at telling which is which

A rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface this morning, creating the moon's newest crater

Gaurav Patil's startling shot, which took the top prize in the 2026 Mangrove Photography Awards, shows a fishing net tangled in a mangrove tree

An AI model from DeepMind can predict cyclones three days ahead with a level of accuracy that previous models can only hit a day later

An out-of-control SpaceX rocket which crashed into the moon earlier this week did in fact leave an impact crater, according to images from a Korean AeroSpace Administration lunar orbiter that caught before-and-after photographs

AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down on misinformation, disinformation and cheating on homework, but there are limitations to this approach

Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns

After years of searching, mathematicians have found dice that can allow five players to fairly decide who moves first in a board game, with a winner guaranteed from just a single roll

Injuries from the war in Ukraine have forced the country to develop highly advanced prostheses and fit them in record numbers. What can the rest of the world learn from its efforts?

Foreign states and technology firms are scrambling for data from the Ukraine war so they can train the next-generation of AI models that might be used in defence and national security