science
Explore the mind-bending and paradoxical art of M C. Escher
A new retrospective of the artist beloved by mathematicians opens this week. Get up close to the art with our interactive story Source link
An encyclopedia formed from AI hallucinations – what could go wrong?
Feedback discovers Halupedia, an online encyclopedia that is 100 per cent generated by AI, offering such delights as the 19nd century and The Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary Tuesdays Source link
Escher: The paradoxical artist beloved by mathematicians
A new retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work opens this week. Explore some of his most mind-bending, mathematically inspired works here Source link
Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto
Actor Ben McKenzie explores the world of crypto in an entertaining documentary that doesn’t shy away from calling out those who have promoted the currency Source link
Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'
Why do we have big brains? Or walk on two legs? Biological anthropologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts talks human exceptionalism, evolution and her new book Humans with Michael Marshall Source link
CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality
Mark Thomson has taken the reins at CERN just as particle physics confronts some of its deepest unknowns – and faces hard choices about what comes next Source link
The best new popular science books of June 2026
The most exciting popular science reads this month explore everything from symbiosis to hormones, while Alice Roberts takes on an editor-in-chief role in her latest book Source link
Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?
Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky Source link
Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies Source link
Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise
According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so Source link