Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead
15 June 2018
Few living things can cope with temperatures above 100°C, but a controversial study suggests some bacterial spores can withstand 420°C heat for over 30 minutes
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Being a feminist may subconsciously protect you from stereotypes
15 June 2018
Negative stereotypes can detrimentally change your behaviour. But a study suggests that feminists may be protected from the idea that women are worse at maths
Underwater robot finds second world war bomber plane on seabed
15 June 2018
A Fairey Swordfish, a type of second world war bomber, was found off the coast of Malta using autonomous underwater robots that search the sea floor
Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans
14 June 2018
Dozens of species all around the world are abandoning the day and becoming more active at night, to avoid contact with humans
DeepMind’s AI can ‘imagine’ a world based on a single picture
14 June 2018
A neural network has taught itself to ‘imagine’ a scene from different viewpoints, including how shadows move and textures vary, based on just a single image
Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts - here's why
14 June 2018
Foods that are high in both carbohydrates and fats super-charge the activity in our brain’s reward centre, explaining why we find them so appealing
How authors are gaming Amazon’s algorithms with 3000-page books
14 June 2018
Amazon pays authors in its Kindle Unlimited programme based on the number of pages people read, which is causing some writers to publish incredibly long books
The brain has a special clock that tracks sleepiness
13 June 2018
A chemical clock has been found in the brains of mice that keeps track of how long it’s been since an animal last slept, and how sleepy it should feel
Watch a 3D-printed magnetic critter fold and move all by itself
13 June 2018
By embedding magnetic particles into rubber, we can 3D print little shapes that fold, morph, and move around on their own in the presence of a magnetic field
Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years
13 June 2018
The loss of Antarctica’s ice has been accelerating ominously since 2012, and could lead to big rises in sea level if the rate of loss keeps increasing
