Feedback: Tap water is turning Brits gay, says candidate
14 June 2017
According to Susan King, a glass of water might leave you disoriented. Plus a metro map to the stars, some terrible ideas about terrorism, and more
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Augmented reality glasses seek to keep speech in sight
14 June 2017
For people with motor neurone disease, losing the ability to communicate can be devastating. LusoVu is developing high-tech specs so they can keep on talking
Winding up
14 June 2017
Most of the discussion around climate change naturally revolves around temperature, but have wind speeds increased and become more variable? It seems to me that they have.
Sandcastles in the air
14 June 2017
It seems ubiquitous at beaches for children to build sandcastles. Is this behaviour global? Is it innate or learned? Did the children of nomadic, hunter-gatherer groups also build mounds in the sand?
The art of timing
14 June 2017
Why are the dates when we switch between summer and winter times (for example, swapping between Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time in the UK) placed so asymmetrically around the solstices?
Cloning to the rescue
14 June 2017
Having cloned sheep and who knows what else, wouldn't it be a good idea for scientists to begin cloning the world's endangered species? Is there any reason not to?
Offal way to die
14 June 2017
The Last Word has told us that lions prefer to eat the fat and organs of their prey rather than the muscle. Apparently, muscle tissue is relatively poor in energy and vitamins (for lions, at least), and lions are able to make glucose in the liver from...
Satellite's eye view reveals retreating glaciers in the Andes
14 June 2017
In Patagonia, the largest icefields in the southern hemisphere outside Antarctica are rapidly shrinking
