The Brutalist Report

New Scientist

• Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback [8d]
• Tiny insect-like robot can flip, loop and hover for up to 15 minutes [8d]
• 2024 may have been the rainiest – as well as hottest – year on record [8d]
• US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban – but the fight isn't over yet [8d]
• World's first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades [8d]
• Blue Origin vs SpaceX: Who is winning the battle of the rockets? [8d]
• Rabbits may eat their own teeth to boost their calcium intake [8d]
• Robotic exoskeleton can train expert pianists to play faster [8d]
• Elusive phase change finally spotted in a quantum simulator [8d]
• Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?" [8d]
• Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay [8d]