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Eighty percent of respondents have used AI chatbots — and 57% say they use it for ‘creative fun’. Researchers are keen to experiment with using generative…

In Montreal, Canada, the diversity of wild bee species has fallen in areas where honeybee colonies have proliferated. Efforts to “save the bees” by encouraging urban…

Lake sturgeon, one of the largest and oldest species of fish in the Great Lakes, are in more trouble than we thought. In December, the International…

A diverse set of fossils from China shows that a complex marine ecosystem existed 251 million years ago, shortly after a mass extinction wiped out most…

Former universities minister Michelle Donelan is appointed head of newly-created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in mini-reshuffle. The United Kingdom has a new government department…

Analysis shows that some researchers publish a considerable proportion of their own work in journals they edit. The gender gap among senior journal editors is bigger…