Planets in other star systems fit a puzzling pattern
28 June 2017
Data from the Kepler space telescope show that exoplanets tend to be similar in size to their neighbours and regularly spaced, no matter the size of their star
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Consciousness helps us learn quickly in a changing world
28 June 2017
What's the point of consciousness? Experiments suggest it evolved to help us learn and adapt more rapidly than we could without it
60 Seconds
28 June 2017
Laser brighter than the sun, shock extinction, Google gets giant fine
Modified maize that kills with RNA is given go-ahead in the US
28 June 2017
Monsanto's SmartStax Pro, which kills a specific insect pest using RNA interference, has been approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency
Senate bill could leave 22 million more without health insurance
28 June 2017
US senate leaders are attempting to replace Obama's Affordable Care Act with a controversial bill that could leave millions more people without health insurance
Dams can lead the way to a better relationship with nature
28 June 2017
We cannot restore the environment to a pristine state, but we can be better stewards of change. Making dams work for us and for nature is a good start
Drone blowback: High-tech weapons come home to roost
28 June 2017
The growing threat of weaponised drones can be traced back to controversial military hardware deployed after 9/11 and pursued with vigour ever since
Pollution resolution
28 June 2017
If I replace my old diesel car with a less polluting new petrol one, how long will it take for the reduced pollution of the new car to outweigh the increased pollution caused by the manufacture of the new car and the disposal of the old, assuming average...
Stoned again
28 June 2017
Your question about throwing stones leads me to another. I am left-handed, but like many of us in this back-to-front world, I can do most things fairly well right-handed. Yet when it comes to throwing overarm or skimming stones, I can only do it right-handed...
Silver linings?
28 June 2017
Should we expect clouds to look different as global warming proceeds?
