Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back
A recent scandal over food hygiene ratings shows how deception destroys trust within society. We need to fight back, says Jonathan R. Goodman Source link...
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How to Feed the World review: Vaclav Smil’s take on future food supply has one big flaw
Are fish farms like this one in Greece truly becoming more efficient?Elena_Alex_Ferns/Alamy How to Feed the WorldVaclav Smil (Penguin Books) We had better hope that Vaclav Smil is wrong about the world’s food system. If he is right, the implication...
Super-bright black holes could reveal if the universe is pixelated
Artist’s representation of a galaxy with a brilliant quasar at its centreNASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI) Space-time, the so-called fabric of physical reality, may be made of tiny, discrete pieces stitched together. A preliminary analysis of the way matter...
Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators
An Ethiopian wolf licks nectar from the Ethiopian red hot poker flowerAdrien Lesaffre Ethiopian wolves feed on the sweet nectar of a local flower, picking up pollen on their snouts as they do so – which may make them the...
Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVliXLEEtag A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger aircraft with less drag, reducing fuel consumption. Tail...
Every 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Had Faster Winds because of Climate Change
CLIMATEWIRE | Climate change increased the maximum wind speeds of every Atlantic hurricane that formed this year, scientists have found. All 11 storms intensified between 9 and 28 miles per hour under the influence of warmer-than-average ocean temperatures.The extra juice...
Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change
It hasn’t been a good year for people who care about climate change. A hoped-for peak in carbon emissions has failed to emerge, meaning we continue to warm the planet at an accelerating rate (see “Humanity has warmed the planet...
Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?
Humidity makes Shanghai’s heat more unbearablelukyeee1976/Getty Images “My office felt like a steamer on Monday morning,” wrote Chinese influencer Bi Dao in a social media post in August. He fetched a drink from a supposed cold-water dispenser – it was...
Google DeepMind AI can expertly fix errors in quantum computers
Quantum bits, or qubits, can be thought of as representing data on a sphereGoogle DeepMind Google DeepMind has developed an AI model that could improve the performance of quantum computers by correcting errors more effectively than any existing method, bringing...
IBM entangled two quantum chips to work together for the first time
An artist’s impression of IBM’s Eagle quantum processing unitIBM IBM has made a significant advance on the road to larger and more powerful quantum computers by linking two such devices together and performing calculations beyond the capabilities of either alone....
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