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NATO’s going to call space a war zone, but don’t worry there won’t be any fighting
At an upcoming summit in early December, NATO is expected to declare space as a “warfighting domain,” partly in response to new developments in technology. If it does declare space a war zone, NATO could start using space weapons that can destroy satellites or incoming enemy missiles. дальше »
2019-10-22 14:55
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A psychotherapist explains why some adults react badly to young climate strikers
Young climate strikers I spoke to recently are confused and distressed about the things adults are doing. It’s not just inaction during the worsening climate crisis that bothers them, but the increasingly bizarre criticism many older people throw at striking schoolchildren, in the media and elsewhere. дальше »
2019-10-20 20:00
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How climate change infiltrated popular culture
It seems that people are finally waking up to the threat of climate change. The most poignant sign of this for me was seeing an infographic I created adorning the main music stage at Reading Festival 2019. дальше »
2019-10-19 20:00
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Jupiter’s Europa could contain life — and these missions aim to find it
It’s brilliant news. In just over a decade, there will be two spacecraft exploring one of the most habitable worlds in the solar system – Jupiter’s moon Europa. That’s thanks to a recent announcement by NASA that the orbiter Europa Clipper has been given the go ahead, scheduled to reach the moon at the beginning of the 2030s. дальше »
2019-10-18 12:02
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China’s social credit system isn’t about scoring citizens — it’s a massive API
China’s emerging social credit system (SCS): rarely has a topic been more hotly discussed, and more poorly understood. When most people think about the SCS, they imagine it primarily as a scoring mechanism, a way for the central government to rank China’s citizens and companies based on their behavior. дальше »
2019-10-15 16:55
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Scientists are taking zero-gravity flights to understand the brain’s function in space
More than 500 people have traveled into space to date and, while we know a little about how life without gravity affects our physical health, we know almost nothing about how it affects our minds. дальше »
2019-10-15 11:23
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How finding the first exoplanet changed our perception of the universe
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for “contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos. ” Half the prize went to cosmologist Jim Peebles, and the other half was awarded jointly to Michel Mayor and my colleague Didier Queloz for the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star. дальше »
2019-10-14 17:40
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Science needs myths and stories to keep it ethical
I can still remember the horror of discovering that everything I had worked on was wrong. I was a PhD candidate just starting my second year, and my supervisor and I had developed a test for rheumatoid arthritis which seemed a revelation. дальше »
2019-10-14 21:00
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Here’s how you make your Google Docs secure
Google Docs is one of the few online applications that I’m deeply dependent on for my everyday work. Like millions of other people, I use it to write, edit, collaborate, and to archive my documents. дальше »
2019-10-9 16:02
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Research: Bacteria can change shape inside humans to avoid antibiotics
Widespread antibiotic use is largely to blame for the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which is currently one of the biggest threats to global health. Not only does antibiotic resistance already cause an estimated 700,000 deaths a year, it’s also made numerous infections, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, and gonorrhea, harder to treat. дальше »
2019-10-8 16:39
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How Earth’s changing climate can benefit aspiring Mars colonizers
In a rare instance of environmental success, the United Nations has just announced it believes the damage to the Earth’s protective ozone layer will be fully restored by the year 2050. This stands in stark contrast to the increasing alarm over the climate emergency, caused by an increasing greenhouse effect. дальше »
2019-10-8 12:17
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Orangutans can play the kazoo – here’s what this tells us about speech evolution
A kazoo might seem a world away from the spoken word. But our ability to produce its buzzing, Donald Duck-like sound at will was key in us ever developing the ability to speak at all. And while our capacity for speech is unique, my colleague Robert Shumaker and I have used the novelty instrument to show that great apes aren’t far behind. дальше »
2019-10-5 20:00
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An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have
Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their behavior. дальше »
2019-10-5 12:30
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Study: Ocean ecosystems take 2 million years to recover after mass extinction
Around 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species. The asteroid was equally devastating at a microscopic level, driving ocean plankton to near-extinction. дальше »
2019-10-4 16:38
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An architect explains why the most important character in Control is its world
This article was originally published by Super Jump Magazine, an independent publication all about celebrating great video games and their creators through carefully-crafted, in-depth featured produced by a diverse team of games journalists, designers, and enthusiasts. дальше »
2019-10-3 18:17
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Billions are infected by a cat poop brain bug, but studying it is vexing researchers
What if I told you that there is a good chance you are carrying a parasite that is transmitted through cat poo? Two billion people around the world carry Toxoplasma gondii so there may be more than a 25 percent chance that it is in your body too. дальше »
2019-9-29 12:00
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Why this Polish village hasn’t seen a boy born in 10 years
The tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of what the New York Times called “a strange population anomaly”. дальше »
2019-9-1 20:00
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You’re still you when you’re drunk, science says
Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then suddenly, the memories vividly resurface. дальше »
2019-8-31 20:00
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Plant cells signal between each other to agree on what time it is
Anyone who has travelled across multiple time zones and suffered jet lag will understand just how powerful our biological clocks are. In fact, every cell in the human body has its own molecular clock, which is capable of generating a daily rise and fall in the number of many proteins the body produces over a 24-hour cycle. дальше »
2019-8-25 20:00
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Animals eat each other, so why don’t we?
Vulnerable spadefoot tadpoles eat their smaller competitors to speed towards toadhood as quickly as possible. Gulls and pelicans are among bird species that eat hatchlings for food or to prevent the spread of disease. дальше »
2019-8-21 15:27
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Dinosaur egg bonanza gives vital clues about prehistoric parenting
Perhaps the most amazing thing about fossils is that they don’t just show us what extinct animals looked like, they can also reveal how those animals lived. Even a fossilized dinosaur egg can provide a wealth of clues about its parents’ behavior. дальше »
2019-8-18 12:00
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We’re now polluting the moon with near indestructible little creatures
An Israeli spacecraft called Beresheet almost made it to the moon in April. It took a selfie with the lunar surface in the background, but then lost contact with Earth and presumably crashed onto the lunar surface. дальше »
2019-8-17 20:00
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3D printing with moondust could be the key to setting up a colony on the moon
1The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just eight days. If we ever want to build permanent bases on the moon, or perhaps even Mars or beyond, then future astronauts will have to spend many more days, months and maybe even years in space without a constant lifeline to Earth. дальше »
2019-8-14 14:56
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Researchers want to build a space station to recycle junk in Earth’s orbit
There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from past space expeditions. If you include all the equipment dropped by astronauts while floating in space and the debris from colliding satellites down to around 1cm in size, there are about one million bits of space junk in Earth’s orbit. дальше »
2019-8-5 20:00
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Research: Climate change helped elephants evolve a large brain
Elephants have long captivated our attention, partly because of their sheer size and majesty. But we’re also struck by their complex behavior. In some ways, we’re fascinated because this behavior echoes our most humane feelings. дальше »
2019-7-29 12:09
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Study: People behave better when they think they’re being watched
If there exists one moral code that can be shared and agreed by almost all cultures and religions, then it must be the concept of “never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself”. дальше »
2019-7-25 17:32
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Would your mobile phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon?
Many people who are old enough to have experienced the first moon landing will vividly remember what it was like watching Neil Armstrong utter his famous quote: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. дальше »
2019-7-16 13:54
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Scientists discovered table salt on Jupiter’s moon, Europa
Europa, a frozen moon around Jupiter, is believed to be one of the most habitable worlds in the solar system. It was first imaged in detail by the Voyager 1 probe in 1979, revealing a surface almost devoid of large craters. дальше »
2019-6-19 18:13
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New analysis of ‘moonquakes’ indicates the moon isn’t dead
We tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions of years ago. Even the youngest lunar lava is old enough to have become scarred by numerous impact craters that have been collected over the aeons as cosmic debris crashed into the ground. дальше »
2019-5-18 12:00
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Nuking asteroids could save the Earth — but we need to make it legal first
The schlocky 1998 Bruce Willis movie Armageddon was the highest grossing film of that year. The blockbuster saw a master oil driller (Willis) and an unlikely crew of misfits place a nuclear bomb inside a giant asteroid heading for Earth, blow it up – and save humanity. дальше »
2019-5-12 12:00
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How did the moon end up where it is?
Nearly 50 years since man first walked on the moon, the human race is once more pushing forward with attempts to land on the Earth’s satellite. This year alone, China has landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon, while India is close to landing a lunar vehicle, and Israel continues its mission to touch down on the surface, despite the crash of its recent venture. дальше »
2019-5-11 12:00
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Study: Biodegradable bags aren’t as biodegradable as you first thought
The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the environment. This is the sort of claim often made by plastic manufacturers, yet recent research has revealed supposedly biodegradable plastic bags still intact after three years spent either at sea or buried underground. дальше »
2019-5-9 20:00
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Here’s how the Earth got so wet, according to scientists
Water is essential for life on Earth and is one of our most precious natural resources. But considering how our planet formed, it is quite surprising how much water we still have. The Earth aggregated from a cloud of gas and dust – a protoplanetary disk – and was incandescently hot for the first few million years. дальше »
2019-5-9 14:00
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Here’s why the crashed Israeli moon mission was still a tremendous contribution to science
It came so close. It even took a selfie. But with only a few kilometers left to descend, something went wrong and the spacecraft Beresheet veered out of control, taking one final photograph just before it hit the surface. дальше »
2019-4-18 14:20
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First black hole photo confirms Einstein’s theory of relativity
Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ever actually seen one – at least, until now. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which has just produced the first ever direct image of a black hole. дальше »
2019-4-17 18:23
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9 design ideas for the future of digital dating
Whether you are a gen-Z, millennial or a recently separated 40-something, chances are you have heard of or used Tinder enough to understand how brutal dating can be. How many times have you heard comments like e quick access to large audiences and wider demographics. дальше »
2019-4-8 19:01
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Scarecrow drones keep birds away from crops without causing them harm
As drones have become more common and affordable, many animal-loving people have worried about their tendency to scare wildlife. Yet that problem may have a silver lining: drones might be used to scare animals away from crops, resolving conflicts with fright rather than lethal force. дальше »
2019-4-2 15:01
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Why designers create products that are never meant to be real
Humans are great at telling stories. We use them to teach our children, to learn about ourselves, and to plan paths to the future. Speculative fiction, imagining worlds that are not our own, is a great tool for considering the societal consequences of things that haven’t happened yet, sometimes on a grand scale. дальше »
2019-3-20 15:59
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How ideological bias in video game design changes our view of society
Civilization VI, a game I like, has a new expansion pack out. It’s a strategy game series I’ve been playing since 1994 or so, and every Civ is a kind of simulation of how the world works. That’s what this piece is about: simulating systems. дальше »
2019-3-15 15:37
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How old, once-unusable geometry ideas are now helping us apply big data to medicine
Your brain is made up of billions of neurons connected by trillions of synapses. And how they’re arranged gives rise to the brain’s functionality and to your personality. That’s why scientists in Switzerland recently produced the first-ever digital 3D brain cell atlas, a complete mapping of the brain of a mouse. дальше »
2019-3-7 18:14
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Scientists say flies don’t like zebra stripes
Zebras are famous for their contrasting black and white stripes – but until very recently no one really knew why they sport their unusual striped pattern. It’s a question that’s been discussed as far back as 150 years ago by great Victorian biologists like Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. дальше »
2019-3-3 12:00
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Asteroid-powered volcanoes killed the dinosaurs, scientists say
It’s almost 40 years since scientists discovered what wiped out the dinosaurs: an asteroid hitting Earthnear modern-dayMexico. That was it, or so we thought. A paper published today in Science further supports an alternative hypothesis: that catastrophic events following the impact could have helped cause the end of the dinosaurs and many other forms of life. дальше »
2019-2-27 17:57
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Bug sake! Climate change is killing off insects
Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things these days: inundating small islands, fueling catastrophic fires, amping-up hurricanes and smashing Arctic sea ice. But a global review of insect research has found another casualty: 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered. дальше »
2019-2-17 22:00
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Here’s why icons are sexist
Icons, which may seem like a small part of the digital landscape, reveal larger issues of unconscious bias in tech and beyond. In many instances I can recall, ranging from company presentations to popular apps and websites, the main icons displayed were obviously representative of men. дальше »
2019-2-14 10:56
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How selfies help Indian women from Delhi’s outskirts claim their right to the city
Taking selfies and posting them on social media is often derided as a narcissistic, self-absorbed, and attention-seeking practice. Filters come in for particular disdain due to the role they play in reinforcing unattainable beauty standards, by making faces lighter, slimmer, and wider-eyed than is natural. дальше »
2019-2-9 19:00
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What the moon’s craters reveal about the Earth’s history
Most scientists believe the rate at which the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites has remained constant for the past two to three billion years. Understanding the age of craters on the moon can help us better understand the age of our own planet because the Earth would have received similar numbers of impacts. дальше »
2019-2-5 10:52
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Google has quietly dropped ban on personally identifiable web tracking
When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s “number one priority when we contemplate new kinds of advertising products. дальше »
2019-2-5 03:49
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Nanomaterials are changing the world – but we still can’t ensure they’re safe
Nanotechnology may well be one of the most talked about industries of the last few years. Predicted to value US$173. 95 billion globally by 2025, this fast-moving sector is already delivering major sustainability, health and well-being benefits to society. дальше »
2019-2-4 11:27
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Scientists say orangutans can ‘talk’ about the past JUST LIKE US
The evolution of language converted a defenceless naked ape into a world-dominating force. It fundamentally transformed how humans transmit information and knowledge. A large and potent component of language is our ability to communicate about things that are not here, that happened in the past, or that will happen in the future. дальше »
2019-2-3 12:00
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What smart bees can teach us about collective intelligence
When it comes to making decisions, most of us are influenced to some degree by other people, whether that’s choosing a restaurant or a political candidate. We want to know what others think before we make that choice. дальше »
2019-2-3 23:00
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