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Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests
Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.
Categories: Astronomy
Surgeons Identify—And Save—A Patient’s Chess-Playing Brain Area
Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that surgeons could avoid them when removing a tumor
Categories: Astronomy
These maps will change how you see the world
Geographer Alastair Bonnett on his pick of the most diverse maps, from a collection of 100,000 galaxies to a 12th-century Chinese depiction of rivers on a grid
Categories: Astronomy
These maps will change how you see the world
Geographer Alastair Bonnett on his pick of the most diverse maps, from a collection of 100,000 galaxies to a 12th-century Chinese depiction of rivers on a grid
Categories: Astronomy
Is it really cheaper to cultivate your own fruit and vegetables?
Our gardening columnist James Wong isn’t convinced, and does the maths to get some answers
Categories: Astronomy
Is it really cheaper to cultivate your own fruit and vegetables?
Our gardening columnist James Wong isn’t convinced, and does the maths to get some answers
Categories: Astronomy
How bad is modern life for our body clocks – and what can we do?
Modern life disrupts the circadian rhythms controlling our biology – increasing our risk of developing conditions ranging from diabetes to dementia. Lynne Peeples's new book The Inner Clock explores and offers solutions
Categories: Astronomy
How bad is modern life for our body clocks – and what can we do?
Modern life disrupts the circadian rhythms controlling our biology – increasing our risk of developing conditions ranging from diabetes to dementia. Lynne Peeples's new book The Inner Clock explores and offers solutions
Categories: Astronomy
Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version
We're trying to avert Judgment Day yet again – this time in an anime series for Netflix. But striking visuals can't make up for shortcomings in narrative and character development
Categories: Astronomy
Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version
We're trying to avert Judgment Day yet again – this time in an anime series for Netflix. But striking visuals can't make up for shortcomings in narrative and character development
Categories: Astronomy
We physicists could learn a lot by stepping beyond our specialisms
A recent atomic physics workshop was outside my dark matter comfort zone, but learning about science beyond my usual boundaries was invigorating, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy
Ig Nobel prizes 2024: The unexpected science that won this year
From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes, for science that "makes people laugh, then think"
Categories: Astronomy
A Declaration on Future Generations could bring the changes we need
Committing countries to safeguarding the needs and interests of the citizens of tomorrow, a new Declaration on Future Generations could be as transformational as 1948's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, says Thomas Hale, author of Long Problems
Categories: Astronomy
Top statistician David Spiegelhalter on how to deal with uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter has spent his career crunching numbers to assess what may happen in the future. His thought-provoking new book gives readers a window into how they can apply this in their own lives
Categories: Astronomy
We physicists could learn a lot by stepping beyond our specialisms
A recent atomic physics workshop was outside my dark matter comfort zone, but learning about science beyond my usual boundaries was invigorating, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy
Ig Nobel prizes 2024: The unexpected science that won this year
From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes, for science that "makes people laugh, then think"
Categories: Astronomy
A Declaration on Future Generations could bring the changes we need
Committing countries to safeguarding the needs and interests of the citizens of tomorrow, a new Declaration on Future Generations could be as transformational as 1948's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, says Thomas Hale, author of Long Problems
Categories: Astronomy
Top statistician David Spiegelhalter on how to deal with uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter has spent his career crunching numbers to assess what may happen in the future. His thought-provoking new book gives readers a window into how they can apply this in their own lives
Categories: Astronomy
Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong
As the space industry evolves, we need a new set of international regulations to decide who is responsible for safety, the number of satellites in space, and more
Categories: Astronomy
Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong
As the space industry evolves, we need a new set of international regulations to decide who is responsible for safety, the number of satellites in space, and more
Categories: Astronomy