From sci-fi classics to essential non-fiction, some of the brightest minds in science, including Sarah Gilbert and Jim Al-Khalili, share their top picks for holiday reading Humans 22 July 2022…
New gene-editing approach could be used to eliminate disease-causing mutations from pedigree dog breeds or even from clones of individual dogs Life 22 July 2022 By Michael Le Page Gene-edited…
A laser fired from a tower on a mountain seems to have redirected lightning in the sky and could be used to make storm clouds discharge lightning safely Physics 22…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The ambitious space observatory took off from the European Spaceport launch site near Kourou, in French…
By Adam Vaughan Shutters, a common sight in France, are more effective for cooling than interior shading GeoPic/Alamy The following is an extract from our Fix the Planet newsletter, a weekly…
These entrancing orbs look like something plucked from distant universes, but they were in fact created by photographer Charlotte Greenwood using her own spin on cliché-verre printing Humans 20 July…
An analysis of search results in the US and Germany found that the top 10 results from Google and other search engines differ widely Technology 22 July 2022 By Chris…
Millions of distant galaxies are obscured by the Magellanic Clouds, which orbit the Milky Way. However, using several different telescopes, astronomers can see beyond them to build a 3D map…
They are reportedly the most common cause of muscle or bone pain in adolescents. But it’s unclear what “growing pains” are – or if they are even related to growth…
Tetrodotoxin, the poison found in pufferfish, is an essential tool for neuroscience research, and a better technique to synthesise it could boost research into drugs that relieve pain Chemistry 21…