Massive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life
25 July 2018
Data from the Mars Express satellite suggests there is a huge body of permanently liquid water under the surface of Mars, which could potentially host life
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We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics
24 July 2018
Humans need much more information to study a problem backwards in time than forwards, but a quantum computer can ignore the flow of time all together
Warming Arctic could be behind heatwave sweeping northern hemisphere
24 July 2018
Deadly heatwaves could continue for weeks, and possibly months, across much of the northern hemisphere, meteorologists predicted this week
Japanese computers may go haywire when the emperor abdicates
23 July 2018
Japanese computers could go haywire next year when the emperor steps down. The calendar is based on the emperor’s reign and most tech is not ready for the change
There are more suicides in US and Mexico when the temperature rises
23 July 2018
Hikes in average monthly temperatures are linked to higher suicide rates, which means climate change may lead to thousands of extra suicide deaths
We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface
23 July 2018
It might be possible to find evidence of life just a few centimetres below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Ocean acidification could leave fish unable to smell their prey
23 July 2018
As the climate warms and carbon dioxide levels rise in the oceans, odours that help fish meet mates and hunt prey will be harder to smell
The sun shrinks and grows again by 2 kilometres every 11 years
20 July 2018
The sun’s size changes throughout its 11-year cycle of magnetic activity, and measuring that growth may help us figure out what’s going on inside
Movie studio AI predicts who will like a film based on its trailer
20 July 2018
It’s difficult to know who will like a film, so 20th Century Fox have built an AI that watches movie trailers and predicts who’s most likely to go see it
Just a few drinks during pregnancy might be enough to lower future IQ
20 July 2018
Occasional drinking during pregnancy may affect IQ, according to a study that tested newborn babies’ faeces to see if their mothers had consumed alcohol
