Mutated Mice Made Simple, Mutant Humans Much Easier To Make Now
Nov 11, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Science
A new way to tinker with DNA has been gaining ground over the last few years, which made the creation of mutated mice a lot easier and more efficient. This new innovation is called CRISPR and it has turned Genetics on its...
Monkey Healed Of Paralysis Through Brain Implants, Humans Could Be Next
Nov 11, 2016 07:59 am UTC| Science
Paralysis is one of the most serious medical conditions that anyone could suffer, regardless of whether it is partial or full-body. However, new breakthroughs have shown that it can be cured thanks to brain implants....
We've found a new family of stars in the Milky Way that could help us work out how galaxies formed
Nov 10, 2016 22:38 pm UTC| Science
One of the most fundamental questions in modern astrophysics is how galaxies first formed. The Milky Way, the galaxy we live in, is an amalgamation of about 100 billion stars, gas, dust and enigmatic dark matter all held...
Keeping warming below 1.5℃ is possible - but we can't rely on removing carbon from the atmosphere
Nov 09, 2016 19:31 pm UTC| Science Nature
This week international leaders are meeting in Marrakech to thrash out how to achieve the Paris climate agreement, which came into force on Friday. The Marrakech meeting is the 22nd Congress of Parties (or COP22) to the...
Supermoons are big and bright, but not as rare as the hype would suggest
Nov 09, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Science
As an observational astronomer who teaches students about the behavior of the moon, Im thankful for anything that inspires people to go out and look at the sky. For me its second nature to pay attention to the moon; when...
Why all the super buzz about the supermoon?
Nov 09, 2016 08:34 am UTC| Science
A beautiful full moon will grace our skies on Monday November 14 this year. Full moons always rise around sunset, so look for it towards the east during evening twilight. Every month, occasionally even twice a month,...
Study sheds light on violent asteroid crash that caused mysterious 'crater rings' on the moon
Nov 04, 2016 04:52 am UTC| Science
Some 3.8 billion years ago, the moon was a dangerous place constantly bombarded with asteroids and comets. Our celestial neighbour still bears the scars of this time, in the shape of craters. The biggest of these are...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight