Article archive

Stephen Hawking: 'There are no black holes'

26/01/2014 17:46
Most physicists foolhardy enough to write a paper claiming that “there are no black holes” — at least not in the sense we usually imagine — would probably be dismissed as cranks. But when the call to redefine these cosmic crunchers comes from Stephen Hawking, it’s worth taking notice. In a paper...

Babylonian tablet shows how Noah's ark could have been constructed

26/01/2014 17:42
Maev Kennedy  theguardian.com, Noah's ark was never built, still less crash landed on Mount Ararat, a British Museum expert has declared – despite holding in his hand 3,700-year-old instructions on exactly how to construct one. "I am 107% convinced the ark never existed," Irving Finkel...

Is this proof near-death experiences ARE real?

26/01/2014 17:40
By Penny Sartori As a nurse, I’m always cheered when I see a patient who appears to be making a good recovery. That certainly seemed the case with 60-year-old Tom Kennard, who’d been suffering from sepsis after surgery for cancer. After a couple weeks in the intensive care ward, he was well enough...

Asian Air Pollution Affecting World’s Weather

26/01/2014 17:38
Extreme air pollution in Asia is affecting the world’s weather and climate patterns, according to a study by Texas A&M University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers. Yuan Wang, a former doctoral student at Texas A&M, along with Texas A&M atmospheric sciences professors...

Asian Rainforests Affected by Men since 11,000 Years Ago

26/01/2014 17:36
By Julie S | Researchers from the Queen's University Belfast have found evidence of human intervention in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Forests located in Sumatra, Java, Thailand, Vietnam, and Borneo, which were previously believed to be unaffected by humans, were in fact shaped by men...

What Drives Success?

26/01/2014 17:33
By AMY CHUA and JED RUBENFELD A SEEMINGLY un-American fact about America today is that for some groups, much more than others, upward mobility and the American dream are alive and well. It may be taboo to say it, but certain ethnic, religious and national-origin groups are doing strikingly better...

'Cosmic neutrinos are ready to take centre stage'

26/01/2014 16:34
by Jon White What's so interesting about neutrinos? They are elementary particles with rather quirky properties. They hardly ever interact with matter, and that makes them really difficult to pin down. Trillions pass through your body every second but there's only maybe a 25 per cent chance that...

Counting the hidden victims of medicine

26/01/2014 16:20
Drug side effects and other unintended consequences of medical treatment may be killing and hurting more people than we thought WHAT is the third leading cause of death in the developed world? Given that cancer and heart disease top the list, you might hazard a guess at diabetes, stroke or car...

Hydrogen fuel cell is new charger for mobile gadgets

26/01/2014 16:17
by Jack Millner While smartphones continue to improve markedly every year, a key component seemingly left in the dust is their battery, leading some companies to build portable batteries that can hold multiple charges for smartphones. In a twist, a charger based on a hydrogen fuel cell, originally...

Vertical farms sprouting all over the world

26/01/2014 16:14
URBAN warehouses, derelict buildings and high-rises are the last places you'd expect to find the seeds of a green revolution. But from Singapore to Scranton, Pennsylvania, "vertical farms" are promising a new, environmentally friendly way to feed the rapidly swelling populations of cities...
Items: 72 - 81 of 1634
<< 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 >>