Space Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs SPACE, as Douglas Adams once pithily observed, is big. Really big. Our attempts to explore it seem puny by comparison: only a dozen astronauts have walked on the moon , and nine space probes have visited the outer solar system . But space exploration is more than the sum of its parts, and by collating … News
Physics Quantum stopwatch could be the best in the universe To measure time with extreme precision, go quantum A quantum stopwatch that measures time by avoiding all except one final measurement would be the most accurate allowed by nature, suggests a new study. To measure the time taken by a series of events, an everyday classical stopwatch measures the elapsed time for each event and … News
Earth Why the UK’s plan to tackle air pollution is mostly hot air Air pollution is a growing issue The UK government has today announced plans to tackle sources of air pollution, including trendy wood-burning stoves, but its Clean Air Strategy fails to address the real problem. While pollution from wood-burning stoves is a relatively new problem for the UK – they became fashionable a few years ago - … News
Life Fighting with a fifth of your body weight on your head IMAGINE carrying almost a fifth of your body weight on your head – or, more accurately, in your massively elongated jaws. That's how it feels to be an adult male stag beetle. The two pictured here were spotted in Germany, brawling on an oak tree branch. Their jaws are mighty, but they are cumbersome as … Regulars
Earth H2Oh! Water is actually two liquids disguised as one Earth's most precious liquid is weird, and if it wasn't we would die. Now experiments have uncovered its secret: it's not one liquid, it's two Features
Space Halo Jones: return of the 50th-century galactic adventurer One of the great comic book characters of all time, and a pioneer for all women who seek powerful roles, gets a new lease of life Culture
Technology Old Scientist: Communication on Earth – and beyond COMMUNICATION is key. Indeed, that's why New Scientist exists: to communicate science to the world. And possibly beyond... In our 14 June 1962 issue we were concerned that, once humans had made their way to the moon, disparate groups of lunar explorers might be unable to communicate with each other, let alone Earth. Radio waves, … Regulars
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