Shackleton crater, at the moon’s south pole, has areas of permanent shadowLROC/ShadowCam/NASA/KARI/ASU A backup of life on Earth could be kept safe in a permanently dark location on the moon, without the need for power or maintenance, allowing us to...
Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Here’s Why It MattersThe nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term speciesBy Steven DashiellDungeons and Dragons game...
A scanning electron microscope image of nanoscale wood structures in tulip treesJan J Lyczakowski and Raymond Wightman Scientists have discovered an entirely new kind of wood, a finding that could turbocharge trees’ ability to store carbon. Tulip trees feature a...
The meteorological community has a bit of a love-hate relationship with Twister, the 1996 blockbuster about tornado-chasing scientists. The movie plays a little fast and loose with some aspects of science—and is certainly more action-packed than the average tornado chase....
Illustration of amyloid plaques (orange) among brain cellsScience Photo Library/Alamy In early July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment called donanemab for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. It is the second drug shown to slow the condition’s progression,...
A cyborg bested me. When I played the online game WebGrid, using my finger on a laptop trackpad to click on squares appearing unpredictably on a grid, my speed was 42 squares per minute. When self-described cyborg Noland Arbaugh played...
Speed limits on a section of the I-24 in Tennessee are being managed by AIDaniel Dempster Photography/Alamy Drivers on a busy US freeway have been controlled by an AI since March, as part of a study that has put a...
A prototype vaccine from ArkeaBio, a US start-up, cut methane emissions by 13 per cent in a first trial involving 10 cows, offering a potential way to reduce the huge climate impact of cattle farming Source link...
Seventh Person ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell TransplantA man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virusBy Smriti Mallapaty & Nature magazineColorized transmission electron micrograph of numerous HIV-1 virus particles (blue) replicating...
Members of the World Anti-Doping Agency at a press conference for the Olympic Games in Paris, France, on 25 JulyMAXIM THORE/BILDBYRÅN/Shutterstock With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games well under way, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) aims to ensure that athletes...
