War in space may happen soon, but it won't be what you expect
11 April 2018
The US is making noises about increasingly militarising space, but orbital conflict won’t be a battle of spaceships and bombs
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US may respond after chemical weapons attack in Syria
11 April 2018
The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war may spark a US military response, after Russia denies Syrian government is responsible
Internet Health Report shows equality and privacy in trouble
11 April 2018
A report by Mozilla, which makes the Firefox web browser, says the internet is in a bad way when it comes to equality of access and online censorship
This year’s March for Science needs to be even bigger
11 April 2018
The past year has seen great progress towards building an effective pro-science grassroots movement, but there is still a distance to travel
Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years
11 April 2018
Spending on renewables in developed countries has halved since 2011, with investment levels in Europe falling back below the 2006 level
Science fans have many reasons to take to the streets again
11 April 2018
A global rally against the denigration of science was a huge event in 2017. The need for a repeat this weekend is strong, says Jonathan Berman
Need a new look? Facebook's AI fashion designer has some ideas
11 April 2018
Facebook has built an AI fashion designer that is intended to be truly creative. It has designed more than 1000 handbags, jumpers and T-shirts
The Nile river is at least 30 million years old
11 April 2018
Sediment deposits reveal when the longest river in the world started flowing from Ethiopia to the Mediterranean
We can read memories by analysing brain gene activity
10 April 2018
Memories have unique genetic signatures that reveal what they are. The finding could lead to ways to read and alter memories in people with PTSD or phobias
Our eyesight is sharpest at twilight – and now we may know why
10 April 2018
We see best at dawn and dusk, and this could be because our brain activity changes at these times, making it easier to distinguish signals from background noise
