AI godbots: religious leaders warn of ‘alarming consequences’ when machines speak in the name of GodAdam James Fenton, Coventry University and Chris Shannahan, Coventry University
My unsung hero of science: William Adams, the Bombay bureaucrat whose vision of a solar future was dashed by colonial conservatismSebastian Egholm Lund, University of Oxford
The story of Pope Leo’s ‘landmark’ text on AI technology – by a member of its launch panelAnna Rowlands, Durham University
Keep calm and carry on: lessons from wasps on how societies survive power strugglesSeirian Sumner, UCL and Owen Corbett, UCL
Beyond Anglo-Saxons, Celts and Vikings: DNA uncovers a dynamic history of migration to BritainJay Silverstein, Nottingham Trent University
Psychopathy: some experts now say it doesn’t exist – here’s why we may be looking at it all wrongAva Green, City St George's, University of London
How to deal with disappointment – by an expert in this misunderstood emotionAnnette Clancy, University College Dublin
Could sodium replace lithium as the dominant ingredient in batteries?Syed Abdul Ahad, University of Limerick
The Silence of the Lambs introduced the world to forensic entomology – but how much has the science changed since?Noemi Procopio, University of Lancashire and Paola A. Magni, Murdoch University
Asexual lizards, virgin births and clones – the all-female species of the animal kingdomLouise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
We’re ‘green chemists’ – why we think this emerging science can transform the way the world uses its resourcesAndrew C Marr, Queen's University Belfast and Paul Anastas, Yale University
Ancient tooth proteins suggest Homo erectus may have left a genetic legacy in people todaySally Christine Reynolds, Bournemouth University
Fears of helping the enemy are blocking international agreements on AI in weapons systemsMark Tsagas, University of East London
Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unansweredAlexandra Andhov, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Ian Murray, The University of Western Australia
Nasa bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to MarsDomenico Vicinanza, Anglia Ruskin University
My unsung hero of science: a pioneer of feminist psychology who foresaw the risks of biasMadeleine Pownall, University of Leeds
The AI scientist: now academic papers can be fully automated, what does this mean for the future of research?Sorin M.S. Krammer, University of Southampton
AI doesn’t create bias, it inherits it – how do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions?Michael Mayowa Farayola, Dublin City University
What happens when scientists trust AI more than colleagues?Sungho Hong, The Institute for Basic Science and Victor J. Drew, The Institute for Basic Science
How the evolution of blockchain is changing our ideas about trustViraj Nair, University of East London
What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid armageddon: a blow-by-blow accountMichael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Monica Grady, The Open University
Amazon is making drone deliveries in the UK – here’s why nimbyism could hamper a wider rolloutPaul Cureton, Lancaster University and Anna Jackman, University of Reading
Eurovision Song Contest: what the science of statistics reveals about an infamous voting scandalRobin Hankin, University of Stirling
Pet loss is difficult for people – what about for other pets?Jacqueline Boyd, Nottingham Trent University
How individual consciousness works – and makes us uniquePeter Coppola, University of Cambridge and Emmanuel A Stamatakis, University of Cambridge
Even in Japan, robots are a long way from being fully-fledged carers – here’s whyGiulia De Togni, University of Edinburgh
Smart motorways were halted over safety concerns – what’s the future for digital roads?Mehreen Ashraf, Cardiff University
Which bird has the best song? These experts think they knowJoey Baxter, University of Sheffield; Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, University of Sussex; Josh Firth, University of Leeds; University of Oxford, and Judith Lock, University of Southampton
Do birds have accents? The fascinating regional differences in birdsongLouise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
There’s a reason we don’t have birds the size of elephants: the mysterious story of how dinosaurs evolved – expert Q&AStephen Brusatte, University of Edinburgh
The Iran war has depleted supplies of tungsten, a critical mineral for the world’s militariesGavin D. J. Harper, University of Birmingham
Table tennis robot defeats some of world’s best players – why this has major implications for roboticsKartikeya Walia, Nottingham Trent University
Could warming seas bring great white sharks back to the North Sea? A 5-million-year-old shark tooth may provide cluesJohn Stewart, Bournemouth University and Olivier Lambert, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
How 2 men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakableMark Connick, Queensland University of Technology
AI has crossed a threshold – what Claude Mythos means for the future of cybersecurityGerald Mako, University of Cambridge
Our unsung hero of science: Friedrich Miescher, the man who discovered DNAKersten Hall, University of Leeds and Ralf Dahm, University of Padua
From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industryAnja Shortland, King's College London
Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physicsWilliam Barter, University of Edinburgh and Mark Smith, Imperial College London
40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around ChernobylNick Dunn, Lancaster University
How we worked out a fossilised ‘pterosaur’ was actually a fish – new researchDavid Unwin, University of Leicester
Robots just captured a Russian position in Ukraine – but don’t worry about real-life Terminators just yetJacob Parakilas, RAND Europe
The truth about child IQ: research shows it fluctuates and may be an unreliable predictor of future successMargherita Malanchini, Queen Mary University of London
How Iran cryptocurrency demands explain a key role of money throughout historyMikael Fauvelle, Lund University
What secret report reveals about British nuclear weapons tests – veterans claimed they were harmed by falloutChristopher R. Hill, University of South Wales and Jonathan Hogg, University of Liverpool
How to tell if your dog is in pain (and what to do if they are)Jacqueline Boyd, Nottingham Trent University
Football is being spoiled by time-wasting – what can be done ahead of the World Cup?Carl Singleton, University of Stirling; David Butler, University College Cork, and Robert Butler, University College Cork
Could dark matter be made of black holes from a different universe?Enrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth
What is the chance of a message in a bottle being found?Kevin Burke, University of Limerick and David O'Sullivan, University of Limerick
How hidden soil fungi ‘steal’ bacterial DNA to control the rainDiana R. Andrade-Linares, University of Limerick
As Nasa’s Artemis II Moon mission ends, a new adventure for humanity beckonsEd Macaulay, Queen Mary University of London
How Artemis II’s Earthset photo compares with the iconic Earthrise image from 1968Robert Poole, University of Lancashire
How Nasa’s Artemis II mission rediscovered the majesty and mystery of the MoonGareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham
Our modern vision evolved from an ancient one-eyed worm creatureGeorge Kafetzis, University of Sussex and Dan Nilsson, Lund University
A flesh-eating fly is advancing towards the US border – can it be stopped?Richard Wall, University of Bristol
Humans’ closest invertebrate ancestors date back much further than thought – how we discovered the fossils that show thisLuke Parry, University of Oxford; Frankie Dunn, University of Oxford, and Gaorong Li, University of Oxford
The revolution in dinosaur science started 50 years ago – here’s what we have learnedMichael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Emily Rayfield, University of Bristol
The more commodified your job, the more likely AI can do it – lessons from online freelancingFabian Stephany, University of Oxford
Why AI shouldn’t be used even to decide ‘simple’ court casesRaisul Islam Sourav, University of Galway
Your brain for sale? The new frontier of neural dataAlberto Rinaldi, Lund University and Johan Mårtensson, Lund University
How to build a digital ‘twin’ of the human brain – what existing models overlookAndrea Luppi, University of Oxford; Gustavo Deco, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Morten L. Kringelbach, University of Oxford
The world’s supply of helium is being threatened by the Iran warGavin D. J. Harper, University of Birmingham
Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bugQuynh Hoang, University of Leicester
Ancient bones show dogs have been woven into human life for nearly 16,000 yearsAndrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland; Douglas Baird, University of Liverpool, and Gokhan Mustafaoglu, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Apple at 50: eight technology leaps that changed our worldNick Dalton, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Land animals evolved from ocean ancestors – new study unravels the genetics behind the transitionJialin Wei, University of Bristol
Why AI health chatbots won’t make you better at diagnosing yourself – new researchRebecca Payne, Bangor University; University of Oxford
My unsung hero of science: Buckminster Fuller, the architect who wanted to redesign the world (and inspired a nanosized one)Antonios Kelarakis, University of Lancashire
Is the biggest march in English history a myth? My research shows King Harold sailed down to the battle of HastingsTom Licence, University of East Anglia
Why do some people eat soil? From a prisoner’s lifeline to a modern tasting menu, the history of geophagyZander Simpson, Durham University
Human vision: what we actually see – and don’t see – tells us a lot about consciousnessHenry Taylor, University of Birmingham
Why drawing eyes on food packaging could stop seagulls stealing your chipsLaura Kelley, University of Exeter
Can British drones help secure the strait of Hormuz for international shipping?Arun Dawson, King's College London
Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilisationsStephan Blum, University of Tübingen and Stefan Baumann, KU Leuven
Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’Craig Jones, Newcastle University and Helen M Kinsella, University of Minnesota
Nasa plans to have a permanent base on the Moon by 2030 – how it can be doneKevin Olsen, University of Oxford and Fiona Henderson, University of Oxford
What humour means to older people – and why some find it hard to keep on laughingHeather Heap, Aberystwyth University
How conversation works – and why people with hearing loss rely more on their powers of predictionRuth Corps, University of Sheffield
How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake – new studyAndrea Benucci, Queen Mary University of London
How driverless vehicles can be made safer for deaf and hard of hearing peopleWenge Xu, Birmingham City University
AI and work: an expert assesses how far this revolution still has to runVivek Soundararajan, University of Bath
Is AI replacing the work of skilled radiologists? They give us their thoughtsYuxuan Wu, University of Birmingham
Deep underground, a telescope may soon detect ghosts of stars that died before Earth existedPablo Martinez Mirave, University of Copenhagen
Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere, studies warn – here’s what can be doneIan Williams, University of Southampton
We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibilityNana Nwachukwu, Trinity College Dublin
Can we design sports shoes that don’t squeak? Here’s what the science saysGabriele Albertini, University of Nottingham
The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the worldIwan Rhys Morus, Aberystwyth University
The US is using repurposed Iranian drone technology to attack Iran – a military expert explains whyArun Dawson, King's College London
How big data is transforming what we know about the universeMuiris MacCarthaigh, Queen's University Belfast and Joshua Weston, Queen's University Belfast
World’s biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universeJoshua Weston, Queen's University Belfast
How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farmingNima Shokri, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg and Salome M. S. Shokri-Kuehni, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
When your eyelids become a cinema screen: what strobing light reveals about the brainDavid Schwartzman, University of Sussex
Anthropic v the US military: what this public feud says about the use of AI in warfareElke Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London and Neil Renic, University of Copenhagen
What the constant sound of modern life is doing to our mindsVictor (Vik) Pérez, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
The wonders of daisies: the buffet we walk onLibby John, University of Lincoln and Sandra Varga, University of Lincoln
How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolutionMichael Strange, Malmö University and Marisa Ponti, University of Gothenburg
Elite gymnasts are no longer retiring after pregnancy – sport science needs to catch upGabriella Penitente, Sheffield Hallam University
Animals’ perception of time is linked to the pace of their life – new studyKevin Healy, University of Galway
Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children – we’re identifying the global hotspotsMichel Dugon, University of Galway
DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age populationMartin B. Richards, University of Huddersfield and Maria Pala, University of Huddersfield
Deep sea landscapes are a new frontier of human exploration – here’s what we may findJessica Irving, University of Bristol and Elizabeth Day, Imperial College London
Nancy Guthrie kidnapping: can Bitcoin ransom demand be used to track down the criminals?Abdul Jabbar, University of Leicester and Araz Zirar, University of Huddersfield
Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest researchGareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham
Proposed new mission will create artificial solar eclipses in spaceNicola Baresi, University of Surrey; Huw Morgan, Aberystwyth University, and Lucie Green, UCL
What’s the point of a space station around the Moon?Berna Akcali Gur, Queen Mary University of London
Wormholes may not exist – we’ve found they reveal something deeper about time and the universeEnrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth
The race to mine the Moon is on – and it urgently needs some clear international rulesAdam Urwick, RAND Europe and Jessie Osborne, RAND Europe
Self-driving cars are poorly prepared for high-risk road situations – here’s how AI can improve themMingming Liu, Dublin City University
Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?David Reid, Liverpool Hope University
Five ways quantum technology could shape everyday lifeSalil Gunashekar, RAND Europe; Adam Urwick, RAND Europe, and Teodora Chis, RAND Europe
Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thoughtOtar Akanyeti, Aberystwyth University and Valentina Di Santo, University of California, San Diego
The brilliant and bizarre ways birds use their sense of smell – from natural cologne to pest controlJoey Baxter, University of Sheffield
Some dogs can pick up hundreds of words – do they learn like children?Juliane Kaminski, University of Portsmouth
‘It ain’t no unicorn’: meet the researchers who’ve interviewed 130 Bigfoot huntersJamie Lewis, Cardiff University and Andy Bartlett, University of Sheffield
Snowball Earth wasn’t fully frozen: ice-free oases sheltered early lifeChloe Griffin, University of Southampton and Thomas Gernon, University of Southampton