Space At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach THERE is a small US flag on the International Space Station (ISS) that is waiting for its big day. Left there in 2011 by astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis – the last people to launch from US soil – it was to return only when crewed lift-offs resumed there. Since then though, all US … News
Health Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans Mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides Giving mosquitoes antimalarial drugs could stop the spread of malaria in humans. The approach laces mosquito nets with the drugs, so that when mosquitoes land on them any malaria parasites they are carrying are killed. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year . Besides developing drugs to … News
Comment Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge The announcement of a WHO committee to discuss the scientific, ethical and legal issues surrounding human genome editing is to be welcomed, says Andy Greenfield News
Environment Amazing Arctic images show how ice melt is creating the new north GREENLAND'S ice sheet is visibly melting, as the dramatic image here shows. The wider Arctic is in defrost mode too. It isn't just the frigid surface that is changing. Resources long hidden below are becoming accessible, sea routes are opening and military posturing is intensifying. Arctic: New frontier, a project by photographers Yuri Kozyrev and … Regulars
Earth Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth Fossil traces hidden deep underground may solve the mystery of dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up 80 per cent of the universe Features
Health How celebrities have fuelled the amazing rise in pseudoscience Cool amusement: will cryotherapy and other treatments help Timothy Caulfield live forever? Probably not FOR the past decade, Timothy Caulfield, a professor of health law in Alberta, Canada, has been waging war on pseudoscience. He has written books on vaccination myths and about our uncritical relationship to medicine, most famously in Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong … Culture
Technology From the archives: 30 years ago, a nascent 'Internet' was under attack In 1989, a worm infiltrated a large computer network that was called Internet THREE decades ago, well before the rise of Google and Facebook, New Scientist ran an article about "a large computer network, based in America, called Internet". The internet was then in its infancy. In the 4 March 1989 issue, our reporter described … Regulars
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