“The zip line played a pivotal role in democratising space”Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library/Alamy Even as the price of space flight came down dramatically in the 2030s, the environmental and financial cost of using chemical rockets to escape Earth’s gravity...
A biblical approach Praise be, there is a new book from psychologist-turned-YouTuber Jordan Peterson. We Who Wrestle With God is about how ancient myths and legends, while perhaps not literally true, contain valuable and even universal lessons about life and...
Tencent is one of China’s largest technology companiesCynthia Lee/Alamy Chinese tech giant Tencent doesn’t seem to be affected by US export bans of computer chips that are crucial to the development of artificial intelligence systems – but even if such...
Jeffrey Mosser: Welcome to another episode of the From the Ground Up podcast, produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. I'm your host, Jeffrey Mosser, recording from the ancestral homeland of the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk,...
The respiratory bugs that surge every winter, from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to whooping cough, hit us with nasty coughs, fevers and chills—and they can also create the perfect opportunity for deadly pneumonia. Often misunderstood as a single sinister ailment...
It is now five years since clinicians in Wuhan, China, first encountered covid-19 cases in December 2019. Hindsight makes it even clearer how the battle against the disease wasn’t just a fight against a virus, but also a struggle against...
Paul (Timothée Chalamet, right) and Chani (Zendaya) in Dune: Part TwoCourtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures No one, looking back at a year that brought us Madame Web (a Spider-Man spin-off about a clairvoyant) and the director’s cuts of Rebel Moon...
Live rats played and tussled with the robot rodentShutterstock / Bilanol A robotic rat on wheels has learned how to interact with real rats while mimicking the rodents’ play and fight behaviours. “ robotic rats have similar appearances and movements...
Immune cells are vital for our survival, but can turn nasty and attack healthy cellsKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY As women age, they produce an increasing number of “killer” immune cells, which hunt down and destroy infected cells. This discovery, and...
An artist’s reconstruction of the toddler with his mother consuming mammoth meatEric Carlson/Ben Potter (UAF)/Jim Chatters (McMaster University) An analysis of the bones of a boy who died in what is now Montana 12,800 years ago shows that nearly half...
