Flush review: Stop letting human faeces go down the toilet
Bryn Nelson’s extraordinary book asks why we let a vital natural resource, human faeces, get flushed away when we could be using it to heal guts, improve soil and understand…
Ig Nobel prizes 2022: The unlikely science that won this year’s awards
From how constipation affects the mating prospects of scorpions to an analysis of what makes legal documents unnecessarily difficult to understand, this year’s Ig Nobel prizes, for “achievements that first…
As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation
Underlining Russia’s widening isolation on the world stage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India told President Vladimir V. Putin on Friday that it is no time for war — even…
100-year-olds with signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain are still sharp
Amyloid plaques and tau tangles tend to accumulate in the brain as we get older, but at the most advanced ages they don’t correlate with cognitive symptoms Mind 16 September…
Female emission at orgasm confirmed to release fluid from the bladder
Some women release a large amount of clear liquid from the urethra at orgasm, a process that is distinct from female ejaculation, which involves the release of a small amount…
The Perseverance rover is finding more and more organic matter on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found a glut of organic molecules on Mars, as well as other materials that make the dry river delta it is now exploring perfect for hunting…
Don’t Miss: Andor, prequel to the Star Wars spin-off Rogue One
New Scientist’s weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss Humans 14 September 2022 Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm’s Andor Lucasfilm…
Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob
A robot made from magnetic fluid can be made smaller, thinner, or directed to break up with special magnets, which could be useful for delivering drugs into the body Physics…
Closest black hole to Earth is just 1500 light years away
A black hole with a mass about 10 times that of the sun is thought to be the closest to Earth discovered so far. It is orbited by a star…
Tiny static electricity generators could produce power from waves
A smart way of putting together lots of nanogenerators that exploit static electricity to generate a current could open up a new kind of wave power Technology 16 September 2022…