Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge
Set on an Earth where the ecosystem has collapsed, this ravishing sci-fi film is centred on Vesper, a young girl struggling to find a cure for her paralysed father Humans…
Physicists found the shortest measurement to collapse a quantum state
Measuring a quantum object makes it lose its odd quantum properties, and it only takes between 0.1 billionth and 0.1 sextillionth of a second Physics 22 September 2022 By Karmela…
Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion
Powering all shipping vessels with zero-emission fuels by 2050 would slash the industry’s emissions, but it would require between $1 trillion and $1.4 trillion of investment Environment 22 September 2022…
The Race to Stop a Plastics Plant Scores a Crucial Win
As an old saying goes, you can’t fight city hall, meaning government. But the people of St. James Parish, La., did just that—and they won a major court victory against…
How the Montreal Protocol Helped Save Earth from a Climate Time Bomb
The Montreal Protocol didn’t just preserve the ozone layer, it helped save Earth from a climate change time bomb. The landmark ozone treaty was agreed 35 years ago this month,…
New Execution Method Touted as More ‘Humane,’ but Evidence Is Lacking
Alan Eugene Miller, who killed three men in workplace shootings in 1999, was scheduled to be the first person executed by nitrogen hypoxia—a new method never before used for the death…
These Spiders Use Their Webs Like Huge Silky Ears
A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds–and they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them.
Robot navigates indoors by tracking anomalies in magnetic fields
Metal pipes beneath the floor provide enough local disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field for an autonomous robot to work out where it is and navigate around a lab Technology 23…
Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to almost 200 genetic variants
In a study of more than 2300 people with chronic fatigue syndrome, 91 per cent had these genetic variants, in a discovery that could improve diagnosis and treatment Health 23…
Bowhead whales live longer thanks to mutation that also shrinks testes
We may have discovered one of the key reasons for the extraordinary lifespans of bowhead whales, which can live for more than 200 years Life 23 September 2022 By Michael…