Galaxies like Andromeda have a supermassive black hole at the centreNASA/JPL-Caltech Supermassive black holes appear to be more powerful than our theories suggest, blasting the gas that surrounds galaxies much further away than expected. This finding could help explain several...
Icebergs floating in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord in GreenlandShutterstock/Keith Levit Thousands of lakes dot Greenland’s coast, their waters held back by walls of ice. But sometimes, the meltwater can surge through and spill into the sea. The first survey of...
In playwriting circles, there is a trend to announce on social media that “I got rejected by XYZ for the umpteenth time and I’ve decided I will never apply again!” It’s usually accompanied by a flurry of commentary either applauding...
Ring of Keys is thrilled to host writers Kit Yan and Melissa Li for a look into their collaborative writing process for musical theatre. The session will give participants a chance to watch Kit and Melissa collaborate on new material,...
Reanimating the dead to digital “life” raises tricky ethical questionsKonrad Waldmann/Dogwoof Films Eternal YouHans Block and Moritz RiesewieckSelected cinemas, UK and Ireland WOULD you want to talk to a dead loved one? The new film Eternal You explores “grief technologies”...
Shutterstock/Brent Hofacker I recently watched the romantic drama The Taste of Things, in which there is much ado about a baked Alaska. This delicacy consists of sponge cake topped with a dome of ice cream, all of which is slathered...
Chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest in UgandaCatherine Hobaiter Chimpanzees trade gestures at a rapid pace when socialising, similar to the rate at which humans engage in a back-and-forth conversation. Researchers made the discovery by analysing five wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)...
A nodule from the seabed being tested in a labCamille Bridgewater (2024) Metallic nodules scattered across the seabed in the Indian and Pacific oceans are a source of oxygen for nearby marine life – a finding that could upend our...
Watching an athlete at their peak is thrilling. Fulfilling one’s own athletic potential, not so much. Getting fit is hard and painful – or so we assume. But that isn’t necessarily the case. In fact, research shows that anyone just starting to exercise...
AI could help predict the weather more accuratelyRanimiro Lotufo Neto/Alamy Google researchers have built an artificial intelligence that they say can forecast weather and climate patterns just as well as current physics models while also requiring less computer power. Existing...
