Jun 30, 2016 14:46 pm UTC| Science
A burst of flame will streak across the skies of Jupiter in the early hours of July 5 as humankinds newest robotic explorer arrives at the giant planet. NASAs Juno spacecraft will be entering the unknown, penetrating deep...
It's time for the 'science of sensibility' to return
Jun 28, 2016 20:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
What is beauty in art? Why can art move us emotionally? How do our minds and bodies respond to art? These and other questions, some linked to what we now call aesthetics, occupied some of the greatest minds of the...
Does a planet need plate tectonics to develop life?
Jun 28, 2016 20:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Science
Plate tectonics may be a phase in the evolution of planets that has implications for the habitability of exoplanets, according to new research published this month in the journal Physics of the Earth and Planetary...
What Brexit means for UK science: a view from the coalface
Jun 26, 2016 19:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Economy
Science, and geoscience in particular, is an international activity that benefits from cooperation and collaboration. The Brexit vote is a wake up call, not just for the UK but more widely, and it underlines how so many...
How science can genetically strengthen endangered plants and agriculture
Jun 23, 2016 18:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Nature
As the human population swells and in the face of a changing and unpredictable climate the demand for natural resources increases. This leads to distressing rates of deforestation to prepare land for agriculture,...
Can we harness bacteria to help clean up future oil spills?
Jun 22, 2016 12:46 pm UTC| Science Nature
In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 4.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. The spill caused widespread damage to marine species, fisheries...
How to win the Euros – with a little help from neuroscience
Jun 16, 2016 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Sports
It cant be easy trying to pick a team for a huge football tournament like the Euros, carrying the hopes of an entire nation. Football managers may have great skill and intuition, but it is, after all, not an exact science....
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects