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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:30pm
Climate change’s effects on ocean water temperatures and salinity could shrink sonar detection ranges underwater and make it more challenging to spot submarines
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 9:00am
Amazon says it will create new jobs to replace roles taken over by machines, but it isn’t clear whether this will happen quickly enough
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 9:00am
The balance of omega fatty acids in the food we eat affects our health. But what does the evidence say about claims you should be seeking to reduce omega-6 intake as well as boosting omega-3s?
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
AI can analyse satellite images to reveal the movements of dark ships in a shadow fleet that smuggles oil and other cargo from sanctioned countries such as Russia, Iran, Venezuela and North Korea
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 7:43am
With severe climate impacts becoming more and more apparent, many scientists think we should explore ways to block out solar radiation, but doing so would be risky
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 5:00am
Our blood sugar levels vary a lot from day to day, so results from continuous glucose monitors need to be interpreted with caution
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 2:03pm
A group of around 40 scientists signed a declaration calling for formal acknowledgement of consciousness in a range of animals, including insects and fish – but the evidence is still lacking
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:30am
As work begins on building the US’s first high-speed rail service – linking Los Angeles to Las Vegas – analysts say the project could serve as a blueprint for similar projects across the country
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:00am
In the 1920s, Erwin Schrödinger wrote an equation that predicts how particles-turned-waves should behave. Now, researchers are perfectly recreating those predictions in the lab
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 9:00am
"Advanced recycling" promises to convert dirty, mixed waste plastic into brand new plastic time and time again. It is a major step towards creating a circular economy and fighting climate change
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 8:00am
The finding that managed fires burn a much greater area than thought means we may be underestimating the increase in wildfires due to global heating
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 7:00am
Forensic investigators can reliably measure drug and explosive residue using gels that lift fingerprint samples
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 2:00am
Shading the planet by spraying aerosols into the stratosphere might stave off ice sheet collapse, modelling studies suggest, but we are running out of time
Sun, 04/21/2024 - 11:00pm
An Australian bull ant is the first animal known to use the patterns produced by polarised moonlight to navigate its environment
Sat, 04/20/2024 - 12:00am
20 April is weed's unofficial holiday. In honour of the special day, we collected our answers to all your cannabis questions. This is the science of 420
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:00pm
It can be difficult to figure out how to move a spacecraft from one orbit to another, but a trick from knot theory can help find spots where shifting orbits becomes easy
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:33am
Carbon storage calculations don’t always take into account the effects of animals – when they eat, defecate and die, they help store lots of carbon
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:00am
By measuring how birds’ vocal muscles move while they are asleep and using a physical model for how those muscles produce sound, researchers have pulled songs from the minds of sleeping birds
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 8:00am
Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-identical twins, which suggests it has a genetic element
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 6:00am
Curved wing tips inspired by the world's heaviest flying bird could enhance the efficiency of wind turbines by of 10 per cent, according to simulations
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