Last days: Saturn will keep its remaining secrets after Cassini’s death plungeNASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI By Leah Crane In a few days, we will receive our last signal from the Cassini spacecraft. But for a few of hours before that, the spacecraft will live-stream a deluge of data to Earth in its last […]
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Boils the size of sand dollars, facial damage reminiscent of acid wounds, death by maiming of the liver and spleen. Leishmania parasites inflict suffering around the world that is the stuff of parables. They are the second-deadliest parasites after malaria, and global warming is slowly pushing them north toward the United […]
More women neededAndrew McCaren/LNP/REX/Shutterstock With the announcement yesterday that the eight members of the new House of Commons Science and Technology Committee so far appointed are all male – and all but one white – a reaction was sure to follow. It duly did, with a string of critical tweets. […]
Hot enough for gemstonesPlanet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images By Aylin Woodward IT IS the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth’s surface. When a space rock struck the ground nearly 40 million years ago in what is now Canada, the impact briefly heated rocks to 2370 °C. That’s halfway […]
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will remain closed for a fourth day Sept. 13 as teams continue to evaluate damage there caused by Hurricane Irma. In a statement late Sept. 12, NASA said the center on Florida’s Space Coast will be closed through at least Sept. 13 to allow […]
Phil Schiller of Apple at the launch of the new iPhoneReuters/Stephen Lam By Timothy Revell The new iPhone X puts face recognition front and centre. Why? Because it is the quickest and easiest way to unlock your phone. Before you’ve even thought about placing your finger on the scanner or […]
Borderline denial?Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images For more than a year, a question mark has hung over the links that will exist between UK scientists and their European Union counterparts after Brexit. Could these strong and vital ties survive unscathed? A lot is at stake. So hopes were high […]
When Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPhone X Tuesday he claimed it would “set the path for technology for the next decade.” Some new features are superficial: a near-borderless OLED screen and the elimination of the traditional home button. Deep inside the phone, however, is an innovation likely to […]