Medicine used alongside chemotherapy in trials quadrupled three-year survival rates for mesotheliomaScientists have developed a drug to treat mesothelioma, a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer linked to asbestos, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades.Thousands of people are diagnosed with the disease globally every year, which tends to develop in the lungs and is mainly caused by exposure to asbestos at work. It is aggressive and deadly, and has one of the world's worst cancer survival rates. Continue reading...
Development of classified military communications satellite terminated over cost, scheduling and difficulty with payloadThe US space force, a standalone branch of the US military charged with securing US interests in, from, and to space", has cancelled a multibillion-dollar program to develop a classified military communications satellite.The termination of the Northrop Grumman program was made because of increased costs, difficulties developing its payload and a schedule delay, Bloomberg reported, citing a regulatory filing and people familiar with the decision. Continue reading...
The company pointed at people who failed to update their passwords' as sensitive data was offered for sale on forumsThree years ago, a man in Florida named JL decided, on a whim, to send a tube of his spit to the genetic testing site 23andMe in exchange for an ancestry report. JL, like millions of other 23andMe participants before him, says he was often asked about his ethnicity and craved a deeper insight into his identity. He said he was surprised by the diversity of his test results, which showed he had some Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.JL said he didn't think much about the results until he learned of a huge breach at the company that exposed the data of nearly 7 million people, about half of the company's customers. Worse, he later learned of a hacker going by the pseudonym Golem" who had offered to sell the names, addresses and genetic heritage reportedly belonging to 1 million 23andMe customers with similar Ashkenazi Jewish heritage on a shadowy dark web forum. Suddenly, JL worried his own flippant decision to catalog his genes could put him and his family at risk. Continue reading...
Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center, due to land on moon in a weekAnother private US company took a shot at the moon on Thursday, launching a month after a rival's lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back.Nasa, the main sponsor with experiments on board, is hoping for a successful moon landing next week as it seeks to jumpstart the lunar economy ahead of crewed missions. Continue reading...
Tigers, cheetahs and snow leopards, like domesticated cats, respond differently to familiar and unfamiliar voicesFrom tigers to cheetahs, big cats may seem majestically aloof but researchers have found they can tell apart familiar and unfamiliar human voices, suggesting that even animals that shun group living are far from socially inept.While cats are often portrayed as somewhat standoffish, researchers have previously found that domesticated felines can tell apart the voice of their owner from that of other humans. Continue reading...
Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander sets off on SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral on weeklong journeyA solar-powered lunar lander designed by a former Nasa engineer who became frustrated by the space agency's bureaucracy lifted off from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to become the first private spacecraft to achieve a controlled moon landing.Odysseus, the working name for the uncrewed Nova-C lander built by the Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines, lit up the skies above Cape Canaveral shortly after 1am on a Falcon 9 rocket from Elon Musk's SpaceX company. Continue reading...
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We all know people who find it hilarious to prod and poke, pinch and tickle, all in the name of fun. But are humans the only ones who like to tease each other? Or are other animals in on the act? Ian Sample talks to Prof Erica Cartmill about her work on apes and teasing and asks, given how annoying teasing is, why do apes, and humans, do it?Watch young great apes tease and annoy their elders here Continue reading...
Exclusive: Researchers find mutations that are more common in men with African ancestry after DNA analysisScientists have discovered genetic mutations that could help explain why Black men are at higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those of other ethnicities. The findings could lead to a test to identify those at greatest risk of developing the disease, enhancing survival rates.Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among British men, with about 52,300 new cases and 12,000 deaths recorded in the UK each year. Black men are twice as likely to be diagnosed and 2.5 times more likely to die from the disease compared with white men. Continue reading...
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Researchers used samples from populations deemed by experts and campaigners to be vulnerable to exploitation, including Uyghurs and TibetansA genetics journal from a leading scientific publisher has retracted 18 papers from China, in what is thought to be the biggest mass retraction of academic research due to concerns about human rights.The articles were published in Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine (MGGM), a genetics journal published by the US academic publishing company Wiley. The papers were retracted this week after an agreement between the journal's editor in chief, Suzanne Hart, and the publishing company. In a review process that took over two years, investigators found inconsistencies" between the research and the consent documentation provided by researchers. Continue reading...
Visual neuroscientist who transformed the Institute of Ophthalmology in London into a world-class centre of excellenceAdam Sillito, emeritus professor of visual science at the Institute of Ophthalmology in London, who has died aged 79, described one of his recreations in Who's Who as dreaming of better things". A lateral thinker who grasped the bigger picture, he carried out research into the mechanics of visual perception that yielded vital knowledge for future treatments. As director of the institute from 1991 until 2006, he transformed it from a backwater on the verge of closure to a world-class centre of excellence, partnering with Moorfields eye hospital and attracting top scientists from all over the world.In the 1970s, Sillito was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and exploring an aspect of the intricate process of visual perception. In order to see", neurons must relay information from the eyes to the visual cortex in the brain, where it is interpreted as images. At the time researchers were mostly interested in how neurotransmitters have an excitatory" effect on neurons, causing them to fire and transmit information to the next cell. Continue reading...
Scientist behind hybrid carbohydrate praises its pleasant and novel flavour experience'Bowls of decidedly pink-tinged rice are about to feature on sustainable food menus, according to researchers who created rice grains with beef and cow fat cells grown inside them.Scientists made the experimental food by covering traditional rice grains in fish gelatin and seeding them with skeletal muscle and fat stem cells which were then grown in the laboratory. Continue reading...
Footage of great apes has revealed that humans are not the only ones to endure seemingly endless bouts of teasing dished out by their young ones who appear intent on pushing their luck.Recordings of chimps, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas found the animals to be masters of the dubious art, embarking on an impressive range of playful and occasionally somewhat aggressive acts ranging from the cheeky and plain silly to the fabulously irritating.From 75 hours of footage taken at San Diego and Leipzig zoos, scientists documented 142 clear instances of great apes teasing their compadres, with most instigated by juveniles aged three to five years old
Being cheated on feels like the end of the world. It takes hard work, but relationships can surviveThe trouble with romantic betrayal - apart from the obvious pain - is that it is the salacious lifeblood of everything from tabloid headlines and box sets to true crime podcasts. Because of this, there is a tendency to view it in highly dramatic terms. That is fine when we are snuggled up on the sofa watching other people's heartbreak at a distance, but less helpful when it arrives closer to home.He's a cheater," gossiped one friend recently about a mutual acquaintance's partner. She needs to throw him out and change the locks." Well, maybe. But the man in question is a mild-mannered accountant who had, in the space of six months, lost his mother and his job. Could this have been a temporary blip? Continue reading...
Young chimps, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas show wide range of playful and sometimes aggressive behavioursFootage of great apes has revealed that humans are not the only ones to endure seemingly endless bouts of teasing dished out by their smaller and weaker young who appear intent on pushing their luck.Recordings of chimps, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas found the animals to be masters of the dubious art, embarking on an impressive range of playful and occasionally somewhat aggressive acts ranging from the cheeky and plain silly to the fabulously irritating. Continue reading...
An existing drug for the chronic disease could slow or stop its progression, researchers sayScientists have discovered a jab that could prevent rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a development experts say could offer hope to millions at risk of the disease.RA is a chronic disease that causes inflammation in the body and triggers pain in the joints. About 18 million people globally are affected by the condition, which can lead to heart, lung or nervous system problems, according to the World Health Organization. Continue reading...
Irish barman says two-part pour was done to speed up service, but scientists say it may improve pintGuinness has long maintained that good things come to those who wait" - with its elaborate two-part pour being essential for achieving the perfect head and flavour profile, not to mention the dome synonymous with a proper pint of the black stuff.But an Irish barman has worked Guinness aficionados into a lather by insisting there is no such thing as the perfect pour, and that there is little craft in pulling the beer lever". Continue reading...
Struggling to focus? Overwhelmed by your phone alerts? Experts say the popping kernels are a useful metaphor to explain overstimulation in the digital ageName: Popcorn brain.Age: 13. Continue reading...
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Last month the British Association of Dermatologists warned that children as young as eight years old were using potentially damaging anti-ageing skin care products. Madeleine Finlay speaks to consultant dermatologist Dr Emma Wedgeworth about where this trend has come from, what damage these products might be causing to young skin and how we can all look after our skin without spending too much time and money Continue reading...
This moving, thorough analysis of what went wrong when seven Nasa crew members died 20 years ago doesn't waste a moment. It's a full, fitting memorial that's not a minute too longThe three-part documentary The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth marks the 20th anniversary of the Columbia disaster, when one of the most complex machines ever built by the human race" disintegrated on the return journey of its 28th mission, killing all seven astronauts on board.It is a commemoration, in the fullest sense, of the men and women who died. Contemporary footage of press interviews, tapes made during their training and recordings created while they carried out their 16-day mission in space (including chats to their families back on Earth) show them as living, breathing human beings, almost until the very moment that the shuttle failed. They are interwoven with current-day interviews of surviving members of their families, notably commander Richard Husband's wife, Evelyn, mission specialist Michael P Anderson's wife, Sandy, and daughter, Kaycee, payload specialist Ilan Ramon's son, Tal, and mission specialist Laurel Clark's husband, Jon, and son, Iain. The other astronauts who lost their lives were pilot William C McCool and mission specialists Kalpana Chawla and David M Brown. Everyone remembering them is thoughtful, articulate, gentle and clearly shaped by the losses they have been carrying for 20 years.The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth aired on BBC Two and is available on BBC iPlayer. Continue reading...
Structure stretches for almost a kilometre off coast of Germany and may have once stood by a lakeA stone age wall discovered beneath the waves off Germany's Baltic coast may be the oldest known megastructure built by humans in Europe, researchers say.The wall, which stretches for nearly a kilometre along the seafloor in the Bay of Mecklenburg, was spotted by accident when scientists operated a multibeam sonar system from a research vessel on a student trip about 10km (six miles) offshore. Continue reading...
Archaeologists and naturalists astonished to find yolk and albumen that may reveal secrets about the bird that laid itIt was a wonderful find as it was, a cache of 1,700-year-old speckled chicken eggs discovered in a Roman pit during a dig in Buckinghamshire.But to the astonishment of archaeologists and naturalists, a scan has revealed that one of the eggs recovered intact still has liquid - thought to be a mix of yolk and albumen - inside it, and may give up secrets about the bird that laid it almost two millennia ago. Continue reading...
Scientists have found patterns of four proteins that predict onset of dementia more than a decade before formal diagnosisResearchers have taken a major step towards a blood test that can predict the risk of dementia more than a decade before the condition is formally diagnosed in patients.Hopes for the test were raised after scientists discovered biological markers for the condition in blood samples collected from more than 50,000 healthy volunteers enrolled in the UK Biobank project. Continue reading...
300-page catalogue details thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in naturalist's libraryDetails of Charles Darwin's vast personal library, from a paper on epileptic guinea pigs to the Elizabeth Gaskell novel he adored, are being published in their entirety for the first time.The project has involved nearly two decades of painstaking, detective-like work to track down the thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in the naturalist's library. Continue reading...
As the climate crisis supercharges storms over the Pacific, scientists are creating tools that can measure them from the insideThe storm raged over California for more than five days. As the powerful atmospheric river made landfall, furious winds and torrential downpours ripped trees from their roots, turned streets into rivers and sent mud cascading into homes.Along with chaos, the storm brought opportunity. Scientists were ready, on land and in-flight, to deploy instruments that measure atmospheric rivers like this one. They released tools from planes, equipped with small parachutes, or floated them up from the ground attached to balloons, directly into the storm's path. Continue reading...
Safety Shot says it can combat symptoms of drunkenness and reduce blood alcohol so you never lose a day'If dry January left you craving a big night out, the arrival of wet February - where some people overcompensate after a month without alcohol - may already have served up a reminder of the downsides of excess drinking.If so, a new product that is claimed to rapidly reduce blood alcohol, combat symptoms of drunkenness and allow users to never lose a day" to the night before may sound like an appealing antidote. Continue reading...
Adrift after leaving university, Satya Doyle Byock turned to psychology to bridge the journey to adulthoodWhen Satya Doyle Byock finished her studies after nearly 20 years, she felt like she was stepping off a cliff. Adulthood seemed perilously unclear. I was in my 20s and in crisis, looking around myself at friends in crisis," says Byock, now 40. Only a few of her fellow graduates seemed clear-eyed about the future, with jobs or further study lined up. The rest had absolutely no idea".After graduating, Byock volunteered abroad, at a prison in Colombia, in tsunami relief in Sri Lanka, before landing a job as a project manager at a software startup in Portland. It was a good job", in a buzzy sector, with a decent salary. But Byock's disorientation persisted. In her journals she wondered if she was on the right path and why she didn't feel satisfied. Continue reading...
The launch of Hubble in 1990 marked a turning point in our quest to unravel the mysteries of deep spaceIf you've ever been blown away by an image of outer space, it's a pretty safe bet it was taken by a spacecraft. That's no surprise if we're talking about the planets of our own solar system, where probes have been sending back spectacular closeups since the 1960s. But what about all those nebulae, star clusters and galaxies that are much farther away? For stunning astrophotography, nothing can beat Nasa's Hubble space telescope, or its huge new successor, the James Webb space telescope (JWST). They're called space telescopes not just because they observe space, but because they're located in space.The JWST, for example, is about 930,000 miles (1.5m kilometres) away - approximately four times as far as the moon and far enough that radio signals sent from Earth, travelling at the speed of light, take about five seconds to reach it. In other words, the JWST is about five light seconds away from Earth. But many of the galaxies it has photographed are hundreds of millions, or even billions, of light years away. Clearly, the reason for locating the JWST, and Hubble before it, in space has nothing to do with getting closeup pictures. They're no nearer to the objects they're viewing than telescopes here on Earth. So why do astronomers go to all the trouble and expense of putting telescopes in space? Continue reading...
This vivid account of the Hungarian biochemist who endured decades of derision before pioneering Pfizer's Covid vaccine is a tribute to her tenacity and self-beliefIn May 2013, Katalin Kariko turned up for work at her laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and found her belongings piled in the hallway. There were my binders, my posters, my boxes of test tubes," she recalls. Nearby a lab technician was shoving things into a trash bin. My things!" Kariko realised.Despite having worked at the tiny lab for years, the scientist - then in her 50s - was cast out, without notice, for failing to bring in sufficient dollars per net square footage". In short, she had not attracted enough grants to justify the meagre space she occupied. Continue reading...
Thousands of people are given new joints each year in the UK. But can robots and smart tech soon make it a smoother procedure?Ian Doncaster is remarkably chipper for a man about to undergo major surgery. I have a busy life. So it's nice to have a break," he jokes. It is 8.30am on a chilly December morning and here at Warwick hospital he is about to receive a new knee - or part of one.At 62, Doncaster has always been active: he played rugby when young, until a knee injury and subsequent operation meant he had to trade that in for a host of other sports. But now the knee is causing problems again. As a self-employed chartered engineer, he needs to be able to get up and down tower blocks. Even going hiking with his wife seems a wistful dream. Going forward, it's only going to get worse," he says. Continue reading...
The little-known digestive disease is hard to diagnose but can affect swallowing and require emergency treatmentLisa Thornton was heavily pregnant and in her early 30s when she noticed the feeling of a blockage in her oesophagus, the muscular food pipe that connects the mouth to the stomach. At the time, I just thought it was just the pregnancy," says Thornton, now 50, who lives in the New Forest in Hampshire. I thought it was everything pushing up. But a few years later, things started to get worse."During a Sunday roast with her family, a chunk of broccoli suddenly lodged in her throat, causing spasms that persisted for hours. Any attempts to wash it down with water failed as the fluid simply came straight back up. Thornton drove to a nearby drop-in centre, where doctors tried, without success, to free the blockage with muscle relaxants. Continue reading...
The physicist's refuge from assassins on a British heath changed the course of history, as a new docudrama showsIn September 1933, a humble wooden hut on a secluded Norfolk heath became the improbable location of one of the most important hideouts in history.Nearly a century later, the rarely told story of the three weeks Albert Einstein spent holed up in a heathland bothy, on the run from Nazi assassins, has been turned into an unusual type of docudrama. Continue reading...
Description of US president as an elderly man with a poor memory' in an official report provoked outraged defence from the White HouseIt should have been a good day for Joe Biden. After all, no charges are to be filed against the US president after an inquiry into his mishandling of classified files. But the official report from Robert Hur, the special counsel at the Department of Justice, was devastating nonetheless.Hur's description of Biden, 81, as an elderly man with a poor memory" who had diminished faculties in advancing age" provoked an outraged defence from the White House. Continue reading...
Swiss-Italian study finds MiniTouch can help people with amputations feel whether objects are hot, cold or in betweenWhether it is a simple handshake or a full-body hug, the warmth of another person adds a human touch to social interactions. Now researchers have created a device that allows people with amputations to experience such natural temperature sensations using their prostheses.The team say the innovation is a first and paves the way for integrating a host of sensations into artificial limbs. Continue reading...
Italian researchers say that joining the mafia is like entering a cult in which members must leave behind their own identityLeonardo Vitale made his way into the Sicilian mafia at age 19 by killing a boss from a rival clan. He continued his violent career as a mafioso for the next 12 years until his arrest in 1972 and transfer to a maximum-security prison when, after a week of isolation, he began to self-harm and show signs of depression.Overwhelmed by remorse for the criminal acts he had committed, Vitale suffered a nervous breakdown. The former boss felt guilty" and impure" to the point that, upon his release from prison a year later, he voluntarily went to the police station in Palermo to confess to two murders. He also provided the names of dozens of other bosses involved in criminal activities. Diagnosed with diminished capacity and schizophrenia by doctors, he was placed in a psychiatric hospital. When he was released, the mafia had already condemned him to death. Vitale was killed with two gunshots to the head on 2 December 1984. Continue reading...
As a woman at the top of my field, I am thrilled to see others rewarded. Their achievements are vital to inspiring more girls to dream big and overcome barriersOver the past four years, you could be excused for thinking that there has been an avalanche of women excelling in the field of science.We have seen half a dozen women collect Nobel prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry. Their staggering achievements range from Katalin Kariko's contribution to the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 to Andrea Ghez's co-discovery of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. Continue reading...
3D models of human head experience less damage when subjected to lightning strike simulationGetting drenched in a thunderstorm may seem like the epitome of a bad day, but research suggests it could be a lifesaver if lightning strikes.In what appears to be a strong contender for an Ig Nobel prize, researchers have subjected 3D models of a human head to the equivalent of a direct lightning strike, revealing they experience less damage if wet. Continue reading...
Feat by scientists at Oxfordshire facility described as fitting swansong' for pioneering project as reactor is decommissionedThe prospect of a green energy source based on the power of the stars has received a boost after scientists set a world record for the amount of energy created by fusing atoms together.Researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET), an experimental fusion reactor at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, generated 69 megajoules of energy over five seconds from a mere 0.2 milligrams of fuel in the final fusion experiment performed at the facility. Continue reading...
Valerii Zaluzhnyi and I both have deeply furrowed brows. Should one or both of us be thinking about Botox?About 15 years ago, an Australian woman I worked with took me to one side and told me I should get Botox. I was busy building a career as a television presenter and she felt very strongly that, if I wasn't careful, something would hold me back. It's that frown line across the middle of your forehead. It's kind of distracting," she said. It'll only get worse," she added. Her tone was neither kind nor unkind. No particular offence was taken.She was right about one thing: it has got worse. I was barely in my 40s then. The line has since deepened, into first a crevice and then a canyon. Around the time of my 50th birthday, the tops of the canyon sides closed up, turning it into a kind of tunnel, I suppose you'd have to call it. No daylight gets in there unless I physically pull my forehead back. Or I'm very astonished by something. These days - I'm 57 next month - it's so deep that to clean it properly I need to use a small toothbrush. You'd be amazed what turns up in there.Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster, writer and Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Rothamsted Research is having to pause non-essential' work, according to a letter from its directorThe UK's leading agricultural research facility is facing a funding crisis with its future work in jeopardy, it can be revealed.Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, is one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, having been founded in 1843, and its research has been credited with preventing crop failures across the globe. Continue reading...
Beginner's guide to the wrap-your-brain-around-them facts of mycological science boosts the wonder with 3D time-lapse photographyIf you've got face of fungi" biologist Merlin Sheldrake's global bestseller Entangled Life on your bookshelf, unbattered and spine uncracked, this documentary might feel like an easier option. A beginner's guide to fungi, just 40 minutes long, it is narrated by Bjork and presented by the gently eccentric Sheldrake (imagine Timothee Chalamet playing a Cambridge academic, with a mop of unruly curls). It's being released in 3D on the giant screen at London's BFI Imax - all the better to gawp at Steve Axford's trippy time-lapse photography of strange, wondrous and beautiful fungi.Like Sheldrake's book, the film is on a mission to change the way we look at fungi - and the world. Fungi made life possible on Earth, and virtually all trees - and 90% of plants - rely on fungus to survive. The vast underground networks of fungi that provide trees with nutrients - the wood wide web" - are dazzlingly visualised here. Fungus is a miracle worker too: giving us life-saving medicines and decomposing organic matter. (Without fungi, forests would be tree-deep in animal carcasses.) Continue reading...
Aerospace industry has researched extensively into how raindrops affect planes and spacecraft travelling at high velocityRain blown by the wind batters your face. Driving on a motorway, it smashes into your car windscreen with even greater force. At high speeds raindrops can wear away solid materials, which is a serious concern in the aerospace industry.For propeller aircraft, rain was mainly a vision problem, but in the jet age planes were vulnerable to raindrops eroding paint coatings and damaging plastic, ceramic and even metal components. The problem was even more acute with rockets; to a spacecraft re-entering the atmosphere at high velocity, every droplet is a liquid bullet. Continue reading...
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Despite research into a male contraceptive pill starting around the same time as its female counterpart, no product has ever made it to market. But that could soon change, with a new non-hormonal male pill entering human trials in the UK late last year. Ian Sample speaks to bioethicist Prof Lisa Campo-Engelstein of the University of Texas and Prof Chris Barratt from the University of Dundee about why male contraceptives have been so difficult to develop, and what kind of options are in the pipeline Continue reading...
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Teach First highlights gender gap in maths and science and calls for higher pay for trainee teachers in Stem subjectsMore than half of British girls do not feel confident learning maths while two-fifths feel insecure about science, according to a report which highlights an alarming" gender confidence gap in schools.Research by the education charity Teach First found that 54% of girls lacked confidence in maths, compared with 41% of boys, but the gap was even wider in science, where 43% of girls lacked confidence compared with 26% of boys. Continue reading...
Research by UCL, which examined medical records of 260,000 men with erectile dysfunction, has provided food for thought'After a decades-long and largely fruitless hunt for drugs to combat Alzheimer's disease, an unlikely candidate has raised its head: the erectile dysfunction pill Viagra.Researchers found that men who were prescribed Viagra and similar medications were 18% less likely to develop the most common form of dementia years later than those who went without the drugs. Continue reading...
Calculations suggest a 45-mile-deep internal body of water lurks beneath Mimas's 15-mile-thick icy shellA moon of Saturn that resembles the Death Star from Star Wars because of a massive impact crater on its surface has a hidden ocean buried miles beneath its battered crust, researchers say.The unexpected discovery means Mimas, an ice ball 250 miles wide, becomes the latest member of an exclusive club, joining Saturn's Titan and Enceladus and Jupiter's Europa and Ganymede as moons known to harbour subterranean oceans. Continue reading...
This year, photographers had the chance to win up to 100 for capturing a striking image of the night sky over South Downs national park, England, in one of three categories: Starry skyscapes, Nature at night and Magnificent moon Continue reading...
Women may find it harder to adjust to relationship splits later in life, according to Danish study, with men more likely to re-partnerWomen are more likely to use antidepressants following the breakdown of a relationship compared with men later in life, researchers have found.The observational study, funded by the European Research Council and Academy of Finland, looked at 228,644 Finnish residents aged 50 to 70 between 1996 and 2018, who had all experienced a relationship breakup, divorce or bereavement between 2000 and 2014. Continue reading...
As the moon's core cools, it causes shriveling, creating ripples tens of meters high across its surfaceThe constancy of the moon in the night sky belies a more volatile reality, researchers said in new Nasa-funded research.As the core of the Earth's only natural satellite cools, the moon is shrinking, causing it to shrivel. That creates ripples tens of meters high, called thrust faults, across the moon's surface. Continue reading...
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