Astronomy
Matt Parker's comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker's Love Triangle is fast-paced, with nuggets about everything from impossible soccer balls to duck wakes. But it doesn't leave our reviewer understanding trigonometry any better
Categories: Astronomy
See the solitary structures that once helped aircraft stay on course
Photographer Ignacio Evangelista's stark shots shine a light on the little-known VOR beacons, once key to aviation navigation but now being replaced by GPS
Categories: Astronomy
Matt Parker's comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker's Love Triangle is fast-paced, with nuggets about everything from impossible soccer balls to duck wakes. But it doesn't leave our reviewer understanding trigonometry any better
Categories: Astronomy
How physics is helping us to explain why time always moves forwards
While time is relative, it still flows in one direction for every observer. We don’t yet understand why, but some physicists are looking for answers that invoke the evolution of entropy, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Hardening – the new way to stop your kids getting a cold?
Feedback delves into a new study about snotty-nose prevention in children, and is intrigued to discover that hardening, rubbing and water procedures are the cutting edge of cold science these days
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Why we should be wary of social media's obsession with the vagus nerve
Influencers won't stop talking about the health benefits of stimulating the vagus nerve. But the science doesn't stack up, says Kevin Tracey
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A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war
In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud – why do humans persist in waging war?
Categories: Astronomy
How physics is helping us to explain why time always moves forwards
While time is relative, it still flows in one direction for every observer. We don’t yet understand why, but some physicists are looking for answers that invoke the evolution of entropy, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy
Hardening – the new way to stop your kids getting a cold?
Feedback delves into a new study about snotty-nose prevention in children, and is intrigued to discover that hardening, rubbing and water procedures are the cutting edge of cold science these days
Categories: Astronomy
Why we should be wary of social media's obsession with the vagus nerve
Influencers won't stop talking about the health benefits of stimulating the vagus nerve. But the science doesn't stack up, says Kevin Tracey
Categories: Astronomy
A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war
In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud – why do humans persist in waging war?
Categories: Astronomy
NASA dips into futuristic AR tech to build powerful Roman Space Telescope
NASA engineers are incorporating augmented reality while constructing the next-gen Roman Space Telescope. Here's how.
Categories: Astronomy
Take a deep dive into UFO history in 'After the Flying Saucers Came' by Greg Eghigian (exclusive)
An interview with "After the Flying Saucers Came" author and Penn State history professor Greg Eghigian about the history of the UFO phenomenon and those who study it.
Categories: Astronomy
Is it possible to fully understand the universe while living in it?
Through science, we are striving for objective knowledge about the universe around us. But physicists increasingly believe achieving this will never be possible
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Is it possible to fully understand the universe while living in it?
Through science, we are striving for objective knowledge about the universe around us. But physicists increasingly believe achieving this will never be possible
Categories: Astronomy
'Bridge editing' could be even better at altering DNA than CRISPR
The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful system called bridge editing could let us completely reshape genomes
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'Bridge editing' could be even better at altering DNA than CRISPR
The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful system called bridge editing could let us completely reshape genomes
Categories: Astronomy
Winter ‘sauna’ helps endangered frogs fight off fungal disease
Warm retreats made using bricks in greenhouses give frogs a place to keep toasty in winter, which helps protect them from deadly chytrid fungal infections
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Winter ‘sauna’ helps endangered frogs fight off fungal disease
Warm retreats made using bricks in greenhouses give frogs a place to keep toasty in winter, which helps protect them from deadly chytrid fungal infections
Categories: Astronomy
What happened to China's Chang'e 6 lander on the moon's far side?
The Chang'e 6 lander, which collected the first-ever samples on the moon's far side, apparently switched off after that material was launched off the lunar surface.
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