A sustained, stable experiment is the latest demonstration that nuclear fusion is moving from being a physics problem to an engineering one Physics 7 September 2022 By Matthew Sparkes The…
Paul de Gelder’s Shark and David Shiffman’s Why Sharks Matter aim to turn the all-too-common public panic about the predator into interest in their conservation Life 7 September 2022 By…
Researchers have quantum entangled atomic clocks, allowing them to be synchronised more accurately. Such entangled clocks could be used to study dark matter and gravity more precisely Physics 7 September…
A pair of rocky planets orbiting the star LP 890-9, also known as SPECULOOS 2, seem likely to be in the habitable zone and one of them could be the…
A laser mounted on the moon could propel small spacecraft carrying light sails through space to help us explore faster and map distant regions for the first time Space 7…
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who now oversees the UK government department responsible for energy and climate change, recently called to extract “every last drop” of oil and gas from the North Sea…
A renewed focus on fatigue in light of long covid means we now have a better understanding of the body-brain pathways that cause it, offering fresh targets for new treatments…
Strange planets nicknamed BEASTies are unlikely to have formed around their current stars. They may have been stolen from other stars or captured from deep space Space 7 September 2022…
Female red-eyed tree frogs respond better to mating calls they hear if they can also feel them through the branches they are perched on, a finding that may extend to…
By Mary Roach Compost and garbage are major attractants for black bears DJ Jannigan/Colorado Parks and Wildlife It is 3.30am, bear time in the back alleys of compact, restaurant-dense downtown…