Technology A healthy dose of AI can improve medical care and save lives Done right, with real-world evidence to back up the claims and persuade doctors to adopt it, artificial intelligence has the power to enhance clinical outcomes Comment
Technology Delicate robot hands know just how hard to squeeze A robotic hand uses fingertip sensors and AI to determine how firmly to grip before closing in on an object, overcoming a persistent problem for prosthetics News
Earth Incredible images tell the tale of the world’s most prized marble In Land of Marble, photographer Alessandro Gandolfi explores the past and future of Italy's striking marble quarries Regulars
Environment We thought we knew emperor penguins – robots are proving us wrong For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing surprising secrets about how they live Features
Life Memoir offers new insights into the life of naturalist Gerald Durrell In the centenary of naturalist Gerald Durrell’s birth, a new memoir adds rich new layers to what we know about the man Culture
Humans Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the future in a similar way to us, says Annalee Newitz Comment
Comment A first nomination for the 2025 Reverse Nominative Determinism award Feedback has found a contender for the 2025 Reverse Nominative Determinism gong: the scientific journal Intelligence Regulars