Emily Smith

European parliament elections are being held in MayAdrianHancu/Getty By New Scientist staff and Press AssociationFacebook has expanded its use of independent fact-checking groups in Europe, as it looks to cut down on misinformation ahead of the European parliament elections in May. The social network said five new groups – based in Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia,…

Activists blocked streets outside the Bank of England on 25 AprilMike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images By Adam VaughanHundreds of climate change campaigners will leave the streets of London today, following 11 days of protests that brought parts of the capital to a standstill and led to more than a thousand arrests. In a parting…

Tiny phages that usually infect microbes could fight cancerScience Photo Library/Getty By Michael Le PagePeople with incurable melanomas and brain or breast cancers are to get injections of tumour-fighting viruses. The trial will test the safety of a virus that has been engineered to shrink tumours – an approach that holds promise for a range of cancers,…

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Food allergies are on the risePicture Partners/Alamy By Sam WongFor people with peanut allergies, undergoing immunotherapy may actually increase their risk of having allergic or anaphylactic reactions. Immunotherapy is an experimental treatment for allergies that involves repeated exposure to the allergen in gradually increasing doses, aiming to desensitise the patient’s immune system. To get a…

Environment 25 April 2019 Extreme waves are happening more frequently in the Southern OceanLook/Alamy Stock Photo By Adam VaughanExtreme winds and waves have increased globally over the past three decades, exacerbating the flooding threat to coastal communities during storms. There has also been a small but significant strengthening in average wind speeds and wave heights…

Environment 25 April 2019 There will no longer be a blanket licence to shoot wood pigeons in the UKGeoff Smith / Alamy Stock Photo By Michael Le PageWhat’s all this fuss about shooting birds? People in the European Union can usually only kill wild birds if they have specifically been granted a licence to do…

Technology 25 April 2019 AI has learned to imitate Van Gogh’s styleGL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo By Donna LuAI has learned how to convincingly paint in the style of masters like Van Gogh and Vermeer. Dinesh Manocha at the University of Maryland and colleagues trained an AI to replicate the styles of well-known paintings…

Mathematicians don’t need to worry about AI taking over their jobs just yetNicoElNino/Alamy By Leah CraneYou don’t need a human brain to do maths — even artificial intelligence can write airtight proofs of mathematical theorems. An AI created by a team at Google has proven more than 1200 mathematical theorems. Mathematicians already knew proofs for…