Feedback: Can plants have fun? This experiment aims to find out
29 August 2018
A giant slide in Florence is giving beans a taste of excitement. Plus: sniffer dogs sacked, fake gnus, black hole swallows man, and more
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Edge of Memory: Distrusting oral tradition may make us more ignorant
29 August 2018
Aboriginal stories about startlingly rapid rises in sea level describe real events at the end of the ice age, says a new book. Are we stupid to distrust oral traditions?
Don't Miss: Comic promise, robot TV and a festival of errors
29 August 2018
The first season of comedy Young Sheldon, AI choosing TV from the BBC archive and a rather unusual festival
Biodiversity in crisis: Earth’s giant construction projects mapped out
29 August 2018
The planet’s largest areas of undisturbed wilderness in Siberia and tropical rainforests are under threat from huge waves of development. Here’s what it looks like
Special report: The new megaprojects changing the face of our planet
29 August 2018
Across the world, new roads, railways, dams and power lines are encroaching on previously virgin territory – with untold consequences for Earth’s wildlife
China's spectacular rainbow lake disguises trouble below the surface
29 August 2018
The colourful algal blooms of Yuncheng Salt Lake are made up of the most salt-tolerant complex cells known – but as they spread they throttle life beneath
The art of timing
29 August 2018
Why are the dates when we switch between summer and winter times (for example swapping between Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time in the UK) placed so asymmetrically around the solstices?
Push me, pull you
29 August 2018
Does it require more or less effort to push a loaded wheelbarrow over hard level ground than to turn around and pull it? What about when the ground is soft?
A trip into the past: Swiss watches, Korean ginseng and UK tea breaks
29 August 2018
Old Scientist digs into the September archives and uncovers fears over digital wristwatches, a potent Korean stimulant and a British ban on New Scientist
Floating nuclear plants could herald a new era of cheap, safe energy
29 August 2018
The price of renewables is at rock bottom, making nuclear power look pointlessly expensive. But new atomic plants could be cheap - and safer too
