Lines in the sand

An archæological mystery, first noticed accidentally due to aerial photography in 1933, is etched across the hillside of Monte Sierpe (Serpent Mountain) in the Pisco Valley in southern Peru. It takes

Think of Stonehenge and what inevitably springs to mind, of course, are those gargantuan monoliths. However, new research suggests our Neolithic ancestors were not just building upwards on Salisbury P

Beckie Burr has taken the internet by storm with her atmospheric images of ancient sites. The photographer tells Gemma Padley what drives her to make such dramatic images and why she doesn’t plan to stop any time soon

Spotting cancer with computer vision. Pulling together weather data for better predictions. Solving long-running research quandaries such as protein folding. These are useful tasks for AI that benefit

AI can be brilliant when put to proper use, but it also has some major downsides

Last year, for the first time, more than ...