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A geyser erupting amid Yellowstone’s hydrothermal formations

Basic science · Nov 10, 2026Supervolcanoes: what monitoring signals can predictEarthquakes, ground deformation and gas emissions help volcanologists monitor large volcanic systems. But detecting unusual activity is not the same as dating a super-eruption.

Crowd in Pamplona’s town hall square at the start of the San Fermín festival

Basic science · Nov 10, 2026Why can a dense crowd start to sway?Crowd measurements in Pamplona reveal that a critical density can give rise to coordinated orbital movements. A model explains the role of confinement and a particular kind of friction.

Laptop screen displaying computer code

AI · Nov 10, 2026Signal: what AI has really proved about its codeGoogle DeepMind says it used AlphaProof Code to prove certain properties of Signal’s compiled code. The result sheds light on AI’s potential, but also on the precise limits of formal proof.

Portrait of Muhammad Ali with his arms crossed

TV series · Nov 8, 2026“The Greatest”: four years telling the story of Cassius Clay’s early daysAcross eight episodes, “The Greatest” follows four years of Cassius Clay’s early career, from his status as an Olympic champion to his victory over Sonny Liston. Its tight focus brings together boxing, racism, family and a change of name.

Mosaic of little red dots observed in false colours.

Space · Nov 8, 2026Little red dots: an X-ray clue in the young UniverseA very distant red object emits X-rays: an anomaly observed by Chandra and Webb that could shed light on the nature of the little red dots in the young Universe, without yet solving their mystery.

The TikTok icon on a phone screen.

Technology · Nov 8, 2026TikTok: Brussels challenges the loops in the ‘For You’ feedBrussels has preliminarily found that TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed does not sufficiently assess or reduce the risks of repetitive recommendations. The proceedings are ongoing.

A southern cassowary amid the vegetation of an Australian tropical forest.

Nature and environment · Nov 8, 2026Tracking the cassowary, reading the forest with the KasuaThe documentary “On the Cassowary’s Trail” follows the clues left by a large bird in Papua New Guinea. Its search also sheds light on the Kasua people’s relationship with the forest they inhabit.

A great white shark underwater, off Guadalupe Island.

Nature and environment · Nov 8, 2026After ‘Jaws’: seeing sharks differentlySteven Spielberg’s film has left a lasting mark on the popular imagination of sharks. To distinguish this fear from reality, we need to separate cinematic storytelling, documented incidents and conservation data.

An Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, photographed in Belgium, illustrative image.

Society · Nov 8, 2026In the Grund, removing a nest is not enough to resolve the Asian hornet problemAn operation followed by RTL shows how a nest is dealt with in practice. An established species, identification and reports: useful points for understanding the response in Luxembourg.

Lando Norris’s McLaren during the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix, archive image.

Motorsport · Nov 8, 2026São Paulo Grand Prix: Norris on pole as penalties shake up the gridNorris set the fastest time at Interlagos, but rain and penalties have reshuffled the grid. Here’s what the qualifying order tells us — and what it doesn’t — ahead of the Grand Prix.

The instrumentation of the Bernard Lyot Telescope at Pic du Midi, in an archive photograph.

Space · Nov 8, 2026At Pic du Midi, a two-metre telescope is betting on precisionThe Bernard Lyot Telescope at Pic du Midi owes its place in research less to the size of its mirror than to the specialised instruments that analyse starlight.

A European robin with an orange breast on a branch in a snowy landscape, illustrative photograph.

Nature and environment · Nov 8, 2026Why robins follow gardeners and still sing in winterTurned soil gives them access to food; their song also helps defend a territory. These two behaviours shed light on the robin behind its familiar appearance.