‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet
23 August 2017
Rather than being caused by extraterrestrial construction, the bizarre dimming of Tabby’s star could instead be due to a closely orbiting, ringed planet
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Bacterial optical fibre helps shine lasers through murky waters
22 August 2017
Normally lasers cannot penetrate very far through murky liquids. Bacteria can act as a lens to boost their range, which could be used to aid medical diagnoses
Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work
22 August 2017
Do you think of smaller numbers being on the left of larger ones? Even two-day-old babies may think this way, suggesting we’re born with mental number lines
China's quantum submarine detector could seal South China Sea
22 August 2017
A major advance in SQUIDs, quantum devices that measure magnetic fields, could allow China to detect submarines at longer range than anyone else
The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late
22 August 2017
Cuadrilla is pressing ahead with a project to drill for shale gas in Lancashire, but a geologist thinks plans for industrial-scale fracking may be doomed
Scanning your brain can predict what will happen in the future
22 August 2017
Can neuroforecasting predict the next election result or market crash? Analysing activity in a part of our brain can predict things that haven’t happened yet
Antarctic mystery microbe could tell us where viruses came from
21 August 2017
Viruses are not like other organisms and nobody is quite sure where they originated, but a newly discovered single-celled organism seems to offer a clue
It could be snowing on Mars right now
21 August 2017
The Red Planet may have had intense snowstorms long ago when it was wetter, but a model shows it could still have violent snowfall at night when the clouds cool
Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots
21 August 2017
Trout, dolphins and killer whales swim in remarkably similar ways – and a model of how they use little energy to do so may help design better aquatic robots
Can’t stop procrastinating? Try cognitive behaviour therapy
18 August 2017
Do you find yourself doing absolutely any task other than the one at the top of your to-do list? There might now be a way to treat procrastination
