Air taxis will soon be in our skies — if batteries can be made safer
Air taxis will soon be in our skies — if batteries can be made safer Summary Small electric aeroplanes and larger drones operating under 1,000 metres are emerging fast as…
Sexless seeds: how self-cloning crops could soon transform our food
Sexless seeds: how self-cloning crops could soon transform our food Summary A trial of Hy-Gain sorghum in eastern Australia could soon show whether engineered apomixis — the ability of a…
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary This correspondence by Hongfang Lu and Y. Frank Cheng highlights that the September 2022 Nord Stream pipeline ruptures released about 465,000 tonnes of…
China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call
China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call Summary The chikungunya (CHIKV) outbreak in Guangdong province — more than 7,000 reported cases since July — underscores how ecological change…
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals Summary Content summary This correspondence (Borbala Foris & Jean-Loup Rault) calls out a gap in current AI-agent ethics: discussions of alignment and harms…
Jaguar Land Rover ‘severely disrupted’ by cybersecurity incident
Jaguar Land Rover ‘severely disrupted’ by cybersecurity incident Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said its global IT systems were “severely disrupted” by a cybersecurity incident that forced the company…
Moscow reportedly hires hackers who breached city’s school system
Moscow reportedly hires hackers who breached city’s school system Summary Moscow city officials have reportedly employed three to four young hackers who previously managed to breach the Moscow Electronic School…
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability Summary WhatsApp has patched a zero-day vulnerability it labels CVE-2025-55177 that it says could have been used in highly targeted…
Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang
Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang Summary Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Dave Sunday says his office has restored its website, phone lines and email systems…
Microsoft-backed boffins show mega speed boost with hollow-core fiber
Microsoft-backed boffins show mega speed boost with hollow-core fibre Summary A Microsoft-backed team (linked to the University of Southampton and spin‑out Lumenisity) has published a Nature Photonics paper reporting a…