Working hypothesis: From deepfake Dali to black toothpaste
15 May 2019
Our regular column sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros
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Axions may or may not exist - but we're not just making things up
15 May 2019
Everything theoretical physicists do is speculative, and likely wrong, except for the things we get right, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
We need to rediscover the wonder of space exploration to save Earth
15 May 2019
Going into space invites us to consider our position as the dominant species on a fragile planet, and how hard we must fight for it, says Richard Webb
Selfish motives must not imperil the new space age
15 May 2019
As Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump rush to return people to space, we need to make sure nationalism and rivalries don’t mortgage the solar system’s future
Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?
15 May 2019
Doctors in the UK are concerned that it could follow the US into an opioid crisis, yet measures to prevent this could go too far and leave people in pain
NHS hospital to trial genetic analysis for blood pressure patients
14 May 2019
Around 100 people undergoing treatment for hypertension in the UK are to get their DNA analysed in a pioneering trial to see if genetic data can help healthcare
Free-floating DNA to reveal the health of river and lake ecosystems
14 May 2019
The mix of DNA floating in rivers and lakes will finally be used to monitor the state of aquatic ecosystems, after years of tests to prove the technique works
NASA to get an extra $1.6 billion to put the first woman on the moon
14 May 2019
NASA's mission to get humans, including the first woman, to the moon again in 2024 has been named Artemis, after a Greek goddess of the moon
Greening the chemical industry requires massive amount of renewables
13 May 2019
To go green, the chemicals industry could use carbon dioxide from the air instead of fossil fuels, but this would require vast amounts of renewable energy
AI doesn't see the world like us which is why it is so easily confused
13 May 2019
AI can easily be fooled into mistaking a rifle for a turtle, but now we may have an explanation for why these blunders happen and how to stop them
