Editor’s Note (9/26/22): After launching in November 2021, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is scheduled to collide with the tiny asteroid Dimorphos at 7:14 P.M. ET on September…
A beautiful blue flaw in a gem-quality diamond from Botswana is actually a tiny fragment of Earth’s deep interior—and it suggests our planet’s mantle contains oceans’ worth of water. The…
By Luke Taylor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (left) and Jair Bolsonaro are the main presidential contenders in the Brazilian election Foto Arena LTDA/Alamy The upcoming Brazilian election will decide…
The forests of the Maya Biosphere Reserve are growing rather than shrinking, because of a community-led conservation programme Environment 26 September 2022 By Luke Taylor Tikal National Park is part…
Planets orbiting M-class red dwarf stars have been suggested as some of the most promising places to look for alien life, but now it seems powerful outbursts from the stars…
A targeted transmission of radio waves can disrupt what a camera detects – and the technology has the potential to fool object-detection systems into seeing things that aren’t there Technology…
Using just a magnet, a battery, a nail and a piece of copper wire, this is the simplest electric motor you can make, says Alom Shaha, but it is utterly…
Ling Ma’s Bliss Montage and Christopher Priest’s Expect Me Tomorrow use fantasy to address real issues. Will this perspective energise people to do something about the future, asks Sally Adee…
Researchers have resorted to applying antibiotics on corals to save Caribbean reefs from deadly disease, but there are concerns this could create antibiotic resistance in other marine animals Life 23…
Ferns are weird. They’re green and leafy like other forest plants, but they reproduce more like mushrooms do—by releasing clouds of spores. Many species don’t require a partner for fertilization,…