People tend to have the sense that their inner thoughts and feelings are much richer than what they are capable of expressing in real time. Elon Musk has spoken publicly about this “bandwidth problem,” as he described it to podcaster...
The cargo sailing ship Anemos made its first transatlantic voyage in 2024Ronan Gladu/TOWT By any measure, the world isn’t reducing greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to stay in line with climate targets and avoid dangerous levels of global warming. Emissions...
There may be more moon-born asteroids near Earth than we thoughtESA/P.Carril A huge rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, the second such object known to exist, with maybe more than a dozen awaiting discovery. The...
Tree planting projects help tackle the climate crisis, but they can also impact water suppliesCostfoto/NurPhoto The major environmental, social and economic crises facing the world today – involving biodiversity, climate change, health, food and water – are inextricably interlinked, and...
Molecular testing can be used to assess drink qualityEvgenii Parilov/Alamy Drinks manufacturers and consumers may soon have a small, portable kit, not much bigger than a covid test, to check the quality and safety of alcoholic beverages. The device is...
Everyone has heard that it’s vital to get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, a recommendation repeated so often it has become gospel. Get anything less, and you are more likely to suffer from poor health in the...
December 17, 20242 min readBook Review: The Surprising Comeback of Our Least Appreciated SenseThe nose knows more than we thoughtBy Dana Dunham The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell and the Extraordinary Power of the Noseby Jonas Olofsson. Mariner,...
December 17, 20244 min readBook Review: This Relationship Shaped Rachel Carson’s Environmental EthosThe connection between queer love and the power to imagine a more sustainable futureBy Brooke Borel NONFICTIONRachel Carson and the Power of Queer Loveby Lida Maxwell.Stanford University Press,...
December 17, 20243 min readIt’s Never Been a Better Time to Look UpAstronomy is a bright spot amid turbulence on EarthBy The EditorsA JWST photograph shows the NGC 602 star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. ESA/Webb, NASA and CSA,...
One sunny afternoon in San Diego, three-year-old Aisha played outside while her father sat nearby. Her father wasn’t paying much attention to her, so Aisha took a toy and waved it at him. When he didn’t respond, she redoubled her...
