Feedback: China space company announces plan for artificial moon
31 October 2018
Get your Star Wars references in quick. Plus: Brunei's battle with tree-dwelling imps, a ghostly howling in the Antarctic, and more
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Clearing the air
31 October 2018
The odour of a selection of cheeses in our fridge was so overpowering that I looked online for a solution. As suggested, I left a small plate of ground coffee in the fridge. It worked like magic, absorbing all the odours in a matter of hours. How does...
Icy grip
31 October 2018
When water freezes on the surface of rock, metal, plastic and many other materials, it can be very difficult to remove. What makes the bonds so strong? What materials bond most strongly with ice?
Dangerous current
31 October 2018
In a bin full of old batteries awaiting recycling, what is the probability that a closed circuit will form, allowing electrical current to flow and potentially cause a fire?
New Scientist 50 years ago: The first test-tube babies, sort of
31 October 2018
It was still 10 years before IVF would be used successfully in humans – and that wasn’t on our radar when we reported on the first lab conceptions using mice
What it's like to be sucked into a black hole – without dying
31 October 2018
The Distortions in Spacetime simulation recently pulled in its first victims, transporting viewers on a psychedelic ride towards infinite mass in zero space
