Science in the media
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How Physics Drove the Design of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
The gun-like design of the Little Boy bomb was effectively the last of its kind
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Wasps force zombie spiders to weave ‘cocoon’ webs
For some unlucky spiders, the zombie apocalypse is now. Some parasitic wasp larvae can take over their minds, forcing them to weave special webs the wasps use to support and […]
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One Head, Two Brains
How a radical epilepsy treatment in the early 20th century paved the way for modern-day understandings of perception, consciousness, and the self
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Ancient forest microbes live 2.5 kilometres under the sea
Scientists drilling off the coast of Japan have awoken an ancient creature from its long slumber. But don’t worry – they did not find Godzilla. They revived a community of microbes, […]
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El fantasma de una estrella moribunda
La nebulosa del Búho meridional es una nebulosa planetaria, uno de los objetos estelares más fascinantes pues se trata de la última etapa de estrellas como nuestro Sol y juegan […]
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Cosmic threads may hide some of universe’s missing matter
Astronomers seek lost atoms in hard-to-see filaments between galaxy clusters
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The most accurate clocks in space
Fast-spinning pulsars can act as the universe’s timekeepers
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‘Snowball Earth’ Might Be Slushy
Imagine a world without liquid water — just solid ice in all directions. It would certainly not be a place that most life forms would like to live. And yet […]
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Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people?
A series of experiments has produced incredible results by giving young blood to old mice. Now the findings are being tested on humans. Ian Sample meets the scientists whose research […]