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December 2025: Wei Zhai examines how synthetic data can ensure digital twins account for the lives of citizens, rather than simply modelling buildings

Are our natural defences enough against bird flu?

December 2025: New research from the universities of Cambridge and Glasgow showed that bird flu viruses can survive fevers that normally stop human flu viruses

What Santa can teach us about crisis communication

December 2025: As we approach the holiday season, Amanda Coleman explores how Santa Claus acts as an embodiment of trust, transparency and preparedness in crisis communication

Protecting AI against cryptanalytic attacks

December 2025: Researchers at North Carolina State University, US, have developed the first functional defence mechanism against cryptanalytic attacks, which attempt to steal AI model parameters

Shifting the balance between drones and their defences

December 2025: Matthew Powell explores the rise of drone-enabled warfare and how emerging countermeasures may shape their future effectiveness

Is AI really more empathic than doctors?

December 2025: Jeremy Howick explores whether AI’s superiority in empathy reflects genuine human–machine differences or the structural pressures that erode clinicians’ emotional capacity