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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab
Fermented foods make up a third of what we eat and were mostly discovered by accident centuries ago. Now a fermentation revolution is promising extraordinary new flavours and novel ways to boost gut health
Categories: Astronomy
Astronomers captured an incredible view of M87’s black hole jet
The black hole at the centre of a galaxy more than 50 million light years away is spewing out a jet of extremely hot plasma – though we have studied it for a century, we are only now seeing it in great detail
Categories: Astronomy
We may finally know what causes will-o’-the-wisps
Mysterious flashes of light seen in swamps and bogs could be caused by burning methane or other gases, ignited by sparks that fly between bubbles in water
Categories: Astronomy
Our brain 'swivels' to focus on sounds from different directions
Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place in our brain
Categories: Astronomy
Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?
Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if they are instead gravastars, fuzzballs or something else entirely
Categories: Astronomy
Cannabis extract found to be effective for lower back pain
A clinical trial has found that VER-01, a drug derived from cannabis, eases chronic lower back pain without serious side effects or signs of addiction
Categories: Astronomy
The most important mathematician you’ve (probably) never heard of
Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution in mathematics, before giving it all up and disappearing. Jacob Aron explores what his work meant
Categories: Astronomy
Ultracold clocks could reveal how quantum physics alters time
The world’s best clocks may be sensitive to an odd mix of quantum and relativistic effects that would stretch time and test the boundaries of physics
Categories: Astronomy
Extraordinary pictures show what a common antibiotic does to E. coli
A commonly used class of antibiotics seems to kill bacteria like E. coli by breaking down their tough armour
Categories: Astronomy
Two-in-one inhalers slash asthma attacks among young children
Inhalers that combine relieving breathlessness with preventing it seem to be the most effective option for reducing asthma attacks in young children
Categories: Astronomy
