Tag: Science
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Loading…The Curious Case of Nebraska Man
A fossil tooth, a splashy debate, and a strange chapter in America’s long history of science denialism.
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Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now
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There’s Neuralink—and There’s the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It
Unlike Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface, Synchron’s doesn’t require open-skull surgery, and it has an OpenAI chatbot baked in.
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The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.
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Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams
Scientists hope their plumage project could someday lead to biocompatible lasers that could safely be embedded in the human body.
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The Unseen Fury Of Solar Storms
Lurking in every space weather forecaster’s mind is the hypothetical big one, a solar storm so huge it could bring our networked, planetary civilization to its knees.
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The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
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Edinburgh University’s ‘skull room’ highlights its complicated history with racist science
Skulls were collected from all over the world because of some academics’ fascination with phrenology, the discredited belief that skull shape denoted intelligence
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Memories without brains
Certain slime moulds can make decisions, solve mazes and remember things. What can we learn from the blob?
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The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef
Inside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem.