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The BBC’s confusing weather forecast is nothing new – but AI could change everything

The broadcaster’s colour-coded map bewildered viewers this week, but – as history shows – forecasting has never been a precise science

Charlotte Lytton 3 May 2024, 1:07pm
Nasa engineers bring Voyager 1 back to life after interstellar glitch

After a sudden loss of contact in November, mission controllers were able to reestablish contact with the probe across 15bn miles of space

27 Apr 2024, 1:00pm
‘The announcement we’ve found alien life could be just a couple of years away’

Lisa Kaltenegger is an expert on the hunt for extraterrestrials – and says the biggest surprise would be if there’s nothing out there

Chris Harvey 25 Apr 2024, 12:31pm
Einstein thought quantum mechanics was absurd – here’s why

Steven Poole 13 Apr 2024, 1:00pm
Cities plunged into darkness as solar eclipse sweeps US

Benedict Smith 8 Apr 2024, 11:59pm
One of these pictures of me is real and the other is AI – but which is which?

Abigail Buchanan 8 Apr 2024, 8:00am
Inside the 300-year-long project to live underwater

Gwyneth Rees 4 Apr 2024, 8:00pm

Some people ‘see more per second’ than others, scientists find

Sarah Knapton 1 Apr 2024, 9:48pm
Former US Navy admiral leads search for underwater alien USOs

Sarah Knapton 30 Mar 2024, 4:22pm
Has something happened to you that you cannot explain?

Telegraph Reporters 25 Mar 2024, 6:10pm
The huge, resource rich territory China will snatch while the West dithers

Tom Sharpe 19 Mar 2024, 4:12pm
AI weather forecasts could change the way we live – and ruin small talk forever

Boudicca Fox-Leonard 28 Feb 2024, 7:00pm
Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of consciousness – their discoveries are troubling

Julian Baggini 24 Feb 2024, 3:00pm

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James Titcomb 16 Feb 2024, 6:00am
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Smelling women's tears reduces aggression in men

Sarah Knapton 21 Dec 2023, 7:00pm
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Sarah Knapton 19 Dec 2023, 6:52pm
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Lewis Page 10 Dec 2023, 12:32pm
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Sarah Knapton 4 Dec 2023, 4:39pm
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Kathryn Porter 1 Dec 2023, 4:30pm
The gadget crafted by the ex-Apple employees which could free us from our smartphones

Matthew Field 14 Nov 2023, 7:25pm
Don Walsh, American submariner who made the first dive to the bottom of the Marianas Trench – obituary

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Rosa Silverman 9 Nov 2023, 4:35pm
The new app that could tell if you are too drunk to drive home

Joe Pinkstone 9 Nov 2023, 10:00am
Lunar crystals show Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought

Sarah Knapton 23 Oct 2023, 4:00pm

How ‘white holes’ could explain the mystery of dark matter

Steven Poole 16 Oct 2023, 5:00pm
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Joe Pinkstone 4 Oct 2023, 7:00am
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Sarah Knapton 2 Oct 2023, 5:10pm
First antiviral drug for Covid may have created mutations, scientists find

Joe Pinkstone 25 Sep 2023, 5:50pm
National Trust installing ‘electronic noses’ on the Yorkshire Moors to ‘sniff’ wildfires

Sarah Knapton 16 Sep 2023, 2:00pm
Nasa ‘in final leg’ of mission to halt asteroid armageddon

Sarah Knapton 16 Sep 2023, 10:00am
Newly discovered dinosaur prompts rethink of bird evolution

Alex Barton 8 Sep 2023, 7:00am
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Sarah Knapton 3 Sep 2023, 6:59am
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Sarah Knapton 2 Sep 2023, 6:50pm
How humans will colonise the Moon – and when it will happen

Boris Starling 24 Aug 2023, 3:08pm
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Sarah Knapton 8 Aug 2023, 5:07pm
Scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough for a second time

Joe Pinkstone 7 Aug 2023, 6:34pm

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Sarah Knapton 2 Sep 2023, 6:50pm
How humans will colonise the Moon – and when it will happen

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Sarah Knapton 8 Aug 2023, 5:07pm
Scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough for a second time

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Sarah Knapton 5 Aug 2023, 5:11pm
How the shape of your skeleton could affect your health

Sarah Knapton 20 Jul 2023, 7:00pm
The man who looked at birds and grasped the secrets of the universe

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Key to stopping bird flu infecting humans is in our genes

Telegraph Reporters 28 Jun 2023, 10:29pm
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Joe Pinkstone 26 Jun 2023, 7:10pm
Mark Rylance says he took garlic solution instead of Covid vaccine

Liz Perkins 24 Jun 2023, 10:04pm
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