Bacteria could identify month-old suspicious stains at crime scenes
13 May 2019
Forensic investigators may be able to use a suspicious stain’s microbiome to determine its origin, even after a month of being exposed to air
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A simple experiment could help find alien life on Europa
12 May 2019
If we found amino acids on icy moons like Europa, it could be a sign of recent biological processes
Artificial sponges could pull uranium from seawater for nuclear power
11 May 2019
Seawater is full of far more uranium than we can mine from the ground, and specialised sponges could let us harvest it to use in nuclear power plants
AI recommends 'fashionable' outfits to millions of people in China
11 May 2019
E-commerce giant Alibaba has built an algorithm for suggesting outfits to shoppers in China. It has made over 5 million recommendations so far
The universe is 2.5 billion times less magnetic than a fridge magnet
10 May 2019
Astronomers have calculated the magnetism of the entire universe by studying the space between galaxies, and it turns out to be very weak indeed
Directors are using virtual reality on set to find the perfect shot
10 May 2019
Virtual reality headsets are letting film directors walk around computer generated scenes to find the perfect angle for a shot before recording
A quarter of people who meditate experience negative mental states
9 May 2019
More than a quarter of people who regularly meditate say they have experienced negative mental states, including anxiety, fear and disturbed emotions
Some deep-sea fish have evolved souped-up colour night vision
9 May 2019
Several species of fish living in the deep ocean have evolved extra copies of genes that enable them to see a range of colour hues in the near-darkness
My liver, your kidney: The world's first non-identical organ swap
9 May 2019
To get her mother a new kidney, Aliana Deveza instigated the world’s first swap of different organs between living donors, donating half her liver to a stranger
It may become impossible to tell if Iran starts making a nuclear bomb
9 May 2019
US hostility to arms control treaties has put Iran back on a path to building nuclear weapons, and inspectors could be left blind if the deal collapses
