Why we should send Bill Gates to Mars
Jan 17, 2017 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Bill Gates, along with a few of his billionaire friends, has launched a US$1 billion fund to support research into energy technologies that will help us address climate change. The idea behind Breakthrough Energy...
Astronomers spot strange, bow-like structure in Venus' atmosphere
Jan 17, 2017 15:01 pm UTC| Science
Venus is known both as the planet of love and the Earths evil twin. And although research suggests its environment is more hellish than romantic, theres actually a lot we dont know about our celestial neighbour. Now...
Bee Makes Endangered Species List, Scientific Community Alarmed
Jan 17, 2017 08:47 am UTC| Science
Bees are often considered the single most important pollinators in the natural world, helping to spread life all across the land by coming in contact with pollens and spreading them everywhere. Now, one species of these...
Scientists Create Li-Ion Batteries With Built-In Fire Extinguishers
Jan 17, 2017 08:37 am UTC| Science
Following the wake of widely covered incidents involving exploding lithium-ion batteries in products like the infamous hoverboard and the unfortunate Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the fire hazard posed by the power source has...
Menopause Reversing Treatment To Start Clinical Trials
Jan 16, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Science
A lot of things in life are thought to be irreversible and menopause has been one of the most devastating for a lot of women. Now, a new treatment that is meant to reverse menopause is about to go on clinical...
Jan 12, 2017 14:37 pm UTC| Science
Most scientists agree that the Earth has pretty much always had its moon. Details of the moons composition (in particular the isotopic mixture of heavier and lighter versions of various elements) are too similar to the...
Getting a scientific message across means taking human nature into account
Jan 11, 2017 18:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
We humans have collectively accumulated a lot of science knowledge. Weve developed vaccines that can eradicate some of the most devastating diseases. Weve engineered bridges and cities and the internet. Weve created...
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