Second detection heralds the era of gravitational wave astronomy
Jun 16, 2016 06:31 am UTC| Science
Earlier this year, a team of over 1,000 scientists from across the globe announced the first discovery of gravitational waves and the first ever observation of colliding black holes. That same team has now published a...
How much radiation damage do astronauts really suffer in space?
Jun 16, 2016 05:32 am UTC| Science
Space is a really inhospitable place to live theres no breathable air, microgravity wastes away your bones and muscles and youre subjected to increased doses of radiation in the form of high-energy charged particles....
Is there life through the looking-glass? The riddle of life's single-handedness
Jun 15, 2016 06:55 am UTC| Science
Try shaking a colleagues left hand with your right hand. It just doesnt work, does it? Your right palm and her or his left palm cannot mesh comfortably because hands are chiral objects, having non-superimposable mirror...
How citizen scientists discovered a giant cluster of galaxies
Jun 14, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Science
It used to be that you had to have years of training before you could participate in cutting-edge science. But that has changed, with the power of the internet enabling thousands of ordinary people to contribute to one...
'Antibiotic stewardship' to keep superbugs at bay just isn't happening
Jun 07, 2016 08:14 am UTC| Science Health
Panic has spread with the discovery of a bacterium, Escherichia coli, in the United States that is resistant to the last bastions of antibiotics. This superbug, which causes many common infections such as urinary tract...
If we know so much about disease, where are all the cures?
Jun 02, 2016 09:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Science
We know so much about the genes that cause disease, so why are we not approaching an age of Star-Trek-like medicine in which a doctor can wave a handheld device over a patient, claim to have sequenced the genes of the...
Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?
Jun 02, 2016 08:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Every day, millions of people take to search engines with common concerns, such as How can I lose weight? or How can I be productive? In return, they find articles that offer simple advice and quick solutions, supposedly...
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