The international community seems no closer to an agreement on a code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to countries acting unilaterally ​The international community seems no closer to an agreement on a code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to countries acting unilaterally The international …

Will miners finally start harvesting metals from the seabed in 2025? Read More »

An AI model that understands the interplay between human body language, speech and emotion enables digital avatars to move more realistically when speaking ​An AI model that understands the interplay between human body language, speech and emotion enables digital avatars to move more realistically when speaking An AI model that understands the interplay between human body …

AI-powered avatars can gesture naturally as they speak Read More »

There is growing interest in exploring ways to counteract global warming by intervening in the atmosphere and the oceans, but planned trials are highly controversial ​There is growing interest in exploring ways to counteract global warming by intervening in the atmosphere and the oceans, but planned trials are highly controversial There is growing interest in exploring …

Fights over geoengineering experiments will heat up in 2025 Read More »

By the end of the century, the eastern and southern US may never see deep snow cover the ground, with consequences for water storage as well as for the life on and beneath the snow ​By the end of the century, the eastern and southern US may never see deep snow cover the ground, with …

Snow days set to disappear across much of the US Read More »

Several prototype aircraft that are intended to bring back commercial supersonic travel have been making big strides in recent years – but it is unknown how well the return of Concorde-like flights will go down with customers ​Several prototype aircraft that are intended to bring back commercial supersonic travel have been making big strides in …

Supersonic flight will see a dramatic return in 2025 with new aircraft Read More »

With the next UN climate summit taking place in Belém, Brazil, in 2025, the host nation faces an uphill struggle to encourage more collaboration and ambition from national governments ​With the next UN climate summit taking place in Belém, Brazil, in 2025, the host nation faces an uphill struggle to encourage more collaboration and ambition …

COP30 host Brazil aims to get 2025 climate talks back on track Read More »

As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error in an important proof. Thankfully there was a fix, but the incident highlights the potential for other errors to be lurking in the mathematics literature ​As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error in an …

Mathematicians found – and fixed – an error in a 60-year-old proof Read More »