Últimas Notícias - Ciência & tecnologia 14/06/2019 21:00:00 Gene editing is back in the spotlight A better way to edit DNA and a Russian scientist announces plans to make more designer babies Continue lendo... 14/06/2019 21:00:00 An airless, puncture-proof car tyre takes to the road High-tech wheels Continue lendo... 14/06/2019 21:00:00 Using AI to speed up the processing of space images Where no neural network has gone before Continue lendo... 14/06/2019 21:00:00 Zapping the brain improves creativity Electric currents can help lateral thinking and cognitive flexibility Continue lendo... 14/06/2019 21:00:00 A new business in small satellites orbiting the Earth Looking at the Earth from above Continue lendo... 12/06/2019 21:00:00 Ancient wines tasted a lot like modern ones Classic grapevines have a long, continuous history Continue lendo... 07/06/2019 21:00:00 Researchers find a way to use minute samples to detect forged paintings Radiocarbon dating can be done on microgram quantities Continue lendo... 06/06/2019 11:33:55 Modern humans may be evolving to deal with carbohydrate-rich diets A new version of an old gene is spreading through the gene pool Continue lendo... 06/06/2019 11:33:55 Fungi, it turns out, are canny traders of nutrients to plants When phosphates are scarce, their price goes up Continue lendo... 06/06/2019 11:33:55 An innovative approach to making electricity from the wind Fly a kite that powers a generator Continue lendo... 04/06/2019 21:00:00 Using sponges to census the ocean They trap cells shed by other creatures, permitting DNA analysis Continue lendo... 02/06/2019 21:00:00 A mutation that protects against AIDS otherwise shortens lives The case of CCR5 illuminates the risks of genetic tinkering Continue lendo... 29/05/2019 21:00:00 Human beings may owe their existence to nearby supernovas Cosmic rays from them would have changed the world’s vegetation Continue lendo... 29/05/2019 21:00:00 Improving robots’ grasp requires a new way to measure it in humans A special glove should do the trick Continue lendo... 29/05/2019 21:00:00 More evidence that autism is linked to gut bacteria Understanding that link may be crucial to treatment Continue lendo... 29/05/2019 21:00:00 The unexpected brightness of new satellites could ruin the night sky The number of visible man-made objects may triple Continue lendo... 24/05/2019 21:00:00 Measles is often spread by adults Vaccinating children only is no longer enough Continue lendo... 24/05/2019 21:00:00 Did cooking in hot springs make humans brainy? Geothermal springs could help explain how early humans evolved such big brains Continue lendo... 24/05/2019 21:00:00 If you’re looking for gold, look in trees Prospecting for gold by looking for it in leaves has finally proved itself commercially in Australia Continue lendo... 22/05/2019 21:00:00 Online identification is getting more and more intrusive Phones can now tell who is carrying them from their users’ gaits Continue lendo... 16/05/2019 12:13:31 The world is about to get a new way to measure itself The Système International d’Unités is being overhauled Continue lendo... 16/05/2019 12:13:31 Organic farmers’ fields are faeces-free Because what lives in them is coprophagic Continue lendo... 16/05/2019 12:13:31 3D printing makes it easier to create tissue for medical research Drugs can be tested this way, and whole organs may one day be grown Continue lendo... 16/05/2019 12:13:31 3D printers will make better implants They create a special surface that fuses with bone Continue lendo... 16/05/2019 12:13:31 How to train rare animals to avoid predators Those that do not learn, die Continue lendo... 16/05/2019 12:13:31 Jeff Bezos’s ambition to colonise space is straight from the 1970s Big, spinning habitats would support millions Continue lendo... 10/05/2019 21:00:00 An idea to save coral reefs from climate change takes a step forward Transplanting heat-resistant strains may help reefs Continue lendo... 10/05/2019 21:00:00 Household electronics are undergoing a sensory makeover Speaker see. Speaker do Continue lendo... 10/05/2019 21:00:00 SpaceX will launch dozens of “Starlink” satellites The prototypes will test the firm’s plans for planet-wide internet access Continue lendo... 10/05/2019 21:00:00 In science, grit counts as well as talent New research confirms the value of an old proverb Continue lendo... 10/05/2019 21:00:00 A new report confirms that life on Earth is in trouble A million species may be at risk Continue lendo... 10/05/2019 21:00:00 Electric racing cars are catching up fast with petrol-driven ones That will improve street-legal e-cars, too Continue lendo... 03/05/2019 21:00:00 Iter, a reactor in France, may deliver fusion power as early as 2045 Whether commercial start-ups will beat it remains to be seen Continue lendo... 03/05/2019 21:00:00 Fusion power is attracting private-sector interest Reactor designs are inspired by everything from smoke rings to shrimps Continue lendo... 26/04/2019 21:00:00 How to give voice to the speechless Listen to, and translate, their brainwaves Continue lendo... 26/04/2019 21:00:00 Why have some lemurs lost their colour vision? It helps them see better in the dark Continue lendo... 26/04/2019 21:00:00 How hard a golf hole is does not depend solely on how hard it is Golfers try harder if the par has been lowered Continue lendo... 26/04/2019 21:00:00 How to speed up the testing of new materials Ask questions first. Shoot afterwards Continue lendo... 26/04/2019 21:00:00 Screening for lung cancer is a controversial idea But the evidence now suggests it can work Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 Do tapirs defecate in the woods? They prefer burnt-out scrub. And that may help to regenerate forests Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 Memories of disaster fade fast When will they ever learn? Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 Understanding how crop diseases and climate change interact is vital But such understanding is poor Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 Ore bodies, it has been discovered, are not randomly distributed They are concentrated near the edges of structures called cratons Continue lendo... 19/04/2019 21:00:00 The joys of muck diving The latest diving craze eschews the gaudy for the cryptic Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 How to knit a sports car with carbon fibre Replacing steel and aluminium in the factory Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 Astronomers take the first picture of a black hole Using a string of radio telescopes around Earth Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 How some birds are responding to climate change By laying a second clutch of eggs Continue lendo... 12/04/2019 21:00:00 More new human species are discovered South-East Asia reveals details of ancient relatives Continue lendo... 09/04/2019 21:00:00 A new species of early human is discovered in the Philippines Homo sapiens were not as lonely as once thought Continue lendo... 05/04/2019 21:00:00 Gliding missiles that fly faster than Mach 5 are coming They combine the speed of intercontinental ballistic missiles with the accuracy of cruise missiles Continue lendo... 05/04/2019 21:00:00 Stony evidence of the hellfire that drove dinosaurs to extinction The hours just after a massive asteroid smashed into Earth have been captured in stunning detail Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 11:45:40 How not to be heard in the House of Commons Acoustics in the 18th-century chamber were operatic; modern ones are a slight improvement Continue lendo... 04/04/2019 11:45:40 Can wearing your heart (monitor) on your sleeve save your life? Doctors grapple with Apple Watch’s latest addition Continue lendo... 03/04/2019 21:00:00 The whale with hooves and a tail Swimming would have been a challenge, but somehow the prehistoric beast got from Asia to South America Continue lendo... 29/03/2019 21:00:00 A highly efficient rooftop solar panel based on space technology Turning more sunlight into electricity Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 12:42:11 Will your next barista be a robot? Inhumanly good service coming soon to a café near you Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 12:42:11 Whiteflies are such a pest because they hack the way plants communicate Spoofing a natural defence system Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 12:42:11 Networks of cameras are making it easier to track meteors And also to find the bits that reach the ground Continue lendo... 28/03/2019 12:42:11 Scientists discover the chemicals behind the unique Parkinson’s smell Work could lead to a diagnostic device Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:10 The insect apocalypse is not here but there are reasons for concern How real is insectageddon? Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:10 High-potency cannabis, or frequent use, raises the risk of psychosis In London and Amsterdam, a third or more new psychoses are related Continue lendo... 21/03/2019 12:41:10 A way to charge pacemakers using the heart’s own muscle A cleverly designed piezoelectric device seems to do the job Continue lendo... 20/03/2019 21:00:00 Many strange new creatures are discovered in China Some of the oldest animals are revealed in a unique fossil site Continue lendo... 20/03/2019 21:00:00 What came first: all-seeing gods or large societies? A search for the origin of religions Continue lendo... 15/03/2019 21:00:00 A new drug based on ketamine could help treat depression Regulators approve a new treatment Continue lendo... 14/03/2019 12:43:52 Sharing a plate of food leads to more successful negotiations The psychology of eating together Continue lendo... 13/03/2019 21:00:00 Countries look at ways to tinker with Earth’s thermostat Cooling the climate Continue lendo... 13/03/2019 21:00:00 The evolution of monkeys remains a mystery One theory seems to be wrong Continue lendo... 11/03/2019 21:00:00 The periodic table offers a view inside the atom Dmitri Mendeleev was unsure if atoms were real. But his table of the elements reflects their structure Continue lendo... 07/03/2019 12:49:20 Disruptive technology may change the whisk(e)y industry Decent grog will take days to make, instead of years Continue lendo... 07/03/2019 12:49:20 A cheap way to protect coffee crops from boring beetles Build bridges to predatory ants’ nests using string Continue lendo... 07/03/2019 12:49:20 A Dragon visits the ISS This time, the crew is a dummy. Next time, people will be on board Continue lendo... 07/03/2019 12:49:20 In the cyber break-in stakes, the champion is Russia Russian computer hackers are seven times faster than North Koreans Continue lendo... 07/03/2019 12:49:20 Spacecrafts’ solar panels can serve double-duty as sails Sometimes they used air molecules. Sometimes sunlight Continue lendo... 06/03/2019 21:00:00 A second case of someone probably cured of HIV has been reported The treatment tailors stem-cell transplants intended for leukaemia Continue lendo... 27/02/2019 21:00:00 The periodic table is 150 years old this week Its creation is a perfect illustration of how science progresses Continue lendo... 22/02/2019 21:00:00 The problems of flying to Mars Astronauts will have to worry about space radiation—and also each other Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 Rice, maize and sorghum may be able to fix nitrogen from the air That would help agricultural productivity a lot Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 A long-term natural experiment hints at how species disperse The aftermath of a tsunami spreads species across an ocean Continue lendo... 21/02/2019 12:49:40 A lot of the periodic table is a result of neutron stars colliding Such collisions are the ultimate nuclear reactor Continue lendo... 18/02/2019 21:00:00 Solving the mystery of Stonehenge The discovery confirms a prediction made a century ago Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 One-pedal driving in electric cars Regenerative braking will change the way people drive Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a rare brain illness, may be caused by prions Like CJD, in other words, but with a protein also involved in Alzheimer’s Continue lendo... 15/02/2019 22:00:00 How to get olives from tree to table, fast Use ion-exchange resins Continue lendo... 13/02/2019 22:00:00 Technology could make a hard border disappear, but at a cost Background surveillance would need to be high Continue lendo... 12/02/2019 22:00:00 Loss of kidney function in old age is not inevitable Hunter-gatherers do not suffer from it Continue lendo... 08/02/2019 22:00:00 The rewilding movement is going from strength to strength One site in Argentina now has tapirs, jaguars, peccaries and macaws Continue lendo... 08/02/2019 22:00:00 How to preserve nature on a tight budget Saving species cheaply and effectively Continue lendo... 01/02/2019 22:00:00 The giant panda’s unusual diet may be the result of human pressure Civilisation’s rise drove it into China’s bamboo forests Continue lendo... 01/02/2019 22:00:00 Recent events highlight an unpleasant scientific practice: ethics dumping Rich-world scientists conduct questionable experiments in poor countries Continue lendo... 01/02/2019 22:00:00 A rock from the Moon has a tiny piece of Earth inside it It arrived there 4bn years ago Continue lendo... 01/02/2019 22:00:00 A newly revived vaccine may deal a death blow to typhoid fever It languished for 20 years for lack of development money Continue lendo... 01/02/2019 22:00:00 Contacting extraterrestrials may be better done with X-rays than by radio They penetrate better through outer space Continue lendo... 25/01/2019 22:00:00 The pros and cons of placebo buttons A pressing problem Continue lendo... 25/01/2019 22:00:00 Shifts in Earth’s orbit increase the chances of spectacular fossils Changes in the seasons mean changes in preservation conditions Continue lendo... 25/01/2019 22:00:00 A camera that can see round corners No flashy lasers are involved. Just an awful lot of computing power Continue lendo... 24/01/2019 13:45:58 The sea cucumber, an apparently sedentary creature, is anything but It puffs itself up with water and behaves like marine tumbleweed Continue lendo... 23/01/2019 22:00:00 Thankfully, the technology to combat rogue drones is getting better Clever jamming techniques and improved radar are coming Continue lendo... 18/01/2019 22:00:00 Vaccine researchers are preparing for Disease X They hope to be able to create new vaccines in just four months Continue lendo... 18/01/2019 22:00:00 Add a liver enzyme to a type of ivy to purify the air in buildings The enzyme destroys nasty organic chemicals Continue lendo...
14/06/2019 21:00:00 Gene editing is back in the spotlight A better way to edit DNA and a Russian scientist announces plans to make more designer babies Continue lendo...
14/06/2019 21:00:00 An airless, puncture-proof car tyre takes to the road High-tech wheels Continue lendo...
14/06/2019 21:00:00 Using AI to speed up the processing of space images Where no neural network has gone before Continue lendo...
14/06/2019 21:00:00 Zapping the brain improves creativity Electric currents can help lateral thinking and cognitive flexibility Continue lendo...
14/06/2019 21:00:00 A new business in small satellites orbiting the Earth Looking at the Earth from above Continue lendo...
12/06/2019 21:00:00 Ancient wines tasted a lot like modern ones Classic grapevines have a long, continuous history Continue lendo...
07/06/2019 21:00:00 Researchers find a way to use minute samples to detect forged paintings Radiocarbon dating can be done on microgram quantities Continue lendo...
06/06/2019 11:33:55 Modern humans may be evolving to deal with carbohydrate-rich diets A new version of an old gene is spreading through the gene pool Continue lendo...
06/06/2019 11:33:55 Fungi, it turns out, are canny traders of nutrients to plants When phosphates are scarce, their price goes up Continue lendo...
06/06/2019 11:33:55 An innovative approach to making electricity from the wind Fly a kite that powers a generator Continue lendo...
04/06/2019 21:00:00 Using sponges to census the ocean They trap cells shed by other creatures, permitting DNA analysis Continue lendo...
02/06/2019 21:00:00 A mutation that protects against AIDS otherwise shortens lives The case of CCR5 illuminates the risks of genetic tinkering Continue lendo...
29/05/2019 21:00:00 Human beings may owe their existence to nearby supernovas Cosmic rays from them would have changed the world’s vegetation Continue lendo...
29/05/2019 21:00:00 Improving robots’ grasp requires a new way to measure it in humans A special glove should do the trick Continue lendo...
29/05/2019 21:00:00 More evidence that autism is linked to gut bacteria Understanding that link may be crucial to treatment Continue lendo...
29/05/2019 21:00:00 The unexpected brightness of new satellites could ruin the night sky The number of visible man-made objects may triple Continue lendo...
24/05/2019 21:00:00 Measles is often spread by adults Vaccinating children only is no longer enough Continue lendo...
24/05/2019 21:00:00 Did cooking in hot springs make humans brainy? Geothermal springs could help explain how early humans evolved such big brains Continue lendo...
24/05/2019 21:00:00 If you’re looking for gold, look in trees Prospecting for gold by looking for it in leaves has finally proved itself commercially in Australia Continue lendo...
22/05/2019 21:00:00 Online identification is getting more and more intrusive Phones can now tell who is carrying them from their users’ gaits Continue lendo...
16/05/2019 12:13:31 The world is about to get a new way to measure itself The Système International d’Unités is being overhauled Continue lendo...
16/05/2019 12:13:31 Organic farmers’ fields are faeces-free Because what lives in them is coprophagic Continue lendo...
16/05/2019 12:13:31 3D printing makes it easier to create tissue for medical research Drugs can be tested this way, and whole organs may one day be grown Continue lendo...
16/05/2019 12:13:31 3D printers will make better implants They create a special surface that fuses with bone Continue lendo...
16/05/2019 12:13:31 How to train rare animals to avoid predators Those that do not learn, die Continue lendo...
16/05/2019 12:13:31 Jeff Bezos’s ambition to colonise space is straight from the 1970s Big, spinning habitats would support millions Continue lendo...
10/05/2019 21:00:00 An idea to save coral reefs from climate change takes a step forward Transplanting heat-resistant strains may help reefs Continue lendo...
10/05/2019 21:00:00 Household electronics are undergoing a sensory makeover Speaker see. Speaker do Continue lendo...
10/05/2019 21:00:00 SpaceX will launch dozens of “Starlink” satellites The prototypes will test the firm’s plans for planet-wide internet access Continue lendo...
10/05/2019 21:00:00 In science, grit counts as well as talent New research confirms the value of an old proverb Continue lendo...
10/05/2019 21:00:00 A new report confirms that life on Earth is in trouble A million species may be at risk Continue lendo...
10/05/2019 21:00:00 Electric racing cars are catching up fast with petrol-driven ones That will improve street-legal e-cars, too Continue lendo...
03/05/2019 21:00:00 Iter, a reactor in France, may deliver fusion power as early as 2045 Whether commercial start-ups will beat it remains to be seen Continue lendo...
03/05/2019 21:00:00 Fusion power is attracting private-sector interest Reactor designs are inspired by everything from smoke rings to shrimps Continue lendo...
26/04/2019 21:00:00 How to give voice to the speechless Listen to, and translate, their brainwaves Continue lendo...
26/04/2019 21:00:00 Why have some lemurs lost their colour vision? It helps them see better in the dark Continue lendo...
26/04/2019 21:00:00 How hard a golf hole is does not depend solely on how hard it is Golfers try harder if the par has been lowered Continue lendo...
26/04/2019 21:00:00 How to speed up the testing of new materials Ask questions first. Shoot afterwards Continue lendo...
26/04/2019 21:00:00 Screening for lung cancer is a controversial idea But the evidence now suggests it can work Continue lendo...
19/04/2019 21:00:00 Do tapirs defecate in the woods? They prefer burnt-out scrub. And that may help to regenerate forests Continue lendo...
19/04/2019 21:00:00 Understanding how crop diseases and climate change interact is vital But such understanding is poor Continue lendo...
19/04/2019 21:00:00 Ore bodies, it has been discovered, are not randomly distributed They are concentrated near the edges of structures called cratons Continue lendo...
19/04/2019 21:00:00 The joys of muck diving The latest diving craze eschews the gaudy for the cryptic Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 How to knit a sports car with carbon fibre Replacing steel and aluminium in the factory Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 Astronomers take the first picture of a black hole Using a string of radio telescopes around Earth Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 How some birds are responding to climate change By laying a second clutch of eggs Continue lendo...
12/04/2019 21:00:00 More new human species are discovered South-East Asia reveals details of ancient relatives Continue lendo...
09/04/2019 21:00:00 A new species of early human is discovered in the Philippines Homo sapiens were not as lonely as once thought Continue lendo...
05/04/2019 21:00:00 Gliding missiles that fly faster than Mach 5 are coming They combine the speed of intercontinental ballistic missiles with the accuracy of cruise missiles Continue lendo...
05/04/2019 21:00:00 Stony evidence of the hellfire that drove dinosaurs to extinction The hours just after a massive asteroid smashed into Earth have been captured in stunning detail Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 11:45:40 How not to be heard in the House of Commons Acoustics in the 18th-century chamber were operatic; modern ones are a slight improvement Continue lendo...
04/04/2019 11:45:40 Can wearing your heart (monitor) on your sleeve save your life? Doctors grapple with Apple Watch’s latest addition Continue lendo...
03/04/2019 21:00:00 The whale with hooves and a tail Swimming would have been a challenge, but somehow the prehistoric beast got from Asia to South America Continue lendo...
29/03/2019 21:00:00 A highly efficient rooftop solar panel based on space technology Turning more sunlight into electricity Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 12:42:11 Will your next barista be a robot? Inhumanly good service coming soon to a café near you Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 12:42:11 Whiteflies are such a pest because they hack the way plants communicate Spoofing a natural defence system Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 12:42:11 Networks of cameras are making it easier to track meteors And also to find the bits that reach the ground Continue lendo...
28/03/2019 12:42:11 Scientists discover the chemicals behind the unique Parkinson’s smell Work could lead to a diagnostic device Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:10 The insect apocalypse is not here but there are reasons for concern How real is insectageddon? Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:10 High-potency cannabis, or frequent use, raises the risk of psychosis In London and Amsterdam, a third or more new psychoses are related Continue lendo...
21/03/2019 12:41:10 A way to charge pacemakers using the heart’s own muscle A cleverly designed piezoelectric device seems to do the job Continue lendo...
20/03/2019 21:00:00 Many strange new creatures are discovered in China Some of the oldest animals are revealed in a unique fossil site Continue lendo...
20/03/2019 21:00:00 What came first: all-seeing gods or large societies? A search for the origin of religions Continue lendo...
15/03/2019 21:00:00 A new drug based on ketamine could help treat depression Regulators approve a new treatment Continue lendo...
14/03/2019 12:43:52 Sharing a plate of food leads to more successful negotiations The psychology of eating together Continue lendo...
13/03/2019 21:00:00 Countries look at ways to tinker with Earth’s thermostat Cooling the climate Continue lendo...
13/03/2019 21:00:00 The evolution of monkeys remains a mystery One theory seems to be wrong Continue lendo...
11/03/2019 21:00:00 The periodic table offers a view inside the atom Dmitri Mendeleev was unsure if atoms were real. But his table of the elements reflects their structure Continue lendo...
07/03/2019 12:49:20 Disruptive technology may change the whisk(e)y industry Decent grog will take days to make, instead of years Continue lendo...
07/03/2019 12:49:20 A cheap way to protect coffee crops from boring beetles Build bridges to predatory ants’ nests using string Continue lendo...
07/03/2019 12:49:20 A Dragon visits the ISS This time, the crew is a dummy. Next time, people will be on board Continue lendo...
07/03/2019 12:49:20 In the cyber break-in stakes, the champion is Russia Russian computer hackers are seven times faster than North Koreans Continue lendo...
07/03/2019 12:49:20 Spacecrafts’ solar panels can serve double-duty as sails Sometimes they used air molecules. Sometimes sunlight Continue lendo...
06/03/2019 21:00:00 A second case of someone probably cured of HIV has been reported The treatment tailors stem-cell transplants intended for leukaemia Continue lendo...
27/02/2019 21:00:00 The periodic table is 150 years old this week Its creation is a perfect illustration of how science progresses Continue lendo...
22/02/2019 21:00:00 The problems of flying to Mars Astronauts will have to worry about space radiation—and also each other Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 Rice, maize and sorghum may be able to fix nitrogen from the air That would help agricultural productivity a lot Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 A long-term natural experiment hints at how species disperse The aftermath of a tsunami spreads species across an ocean Continue lendo...
21/02/2019 12:49:40 A lot of the periodic table is a result of neutron stars colliding Such collisions are the ultimate nuclear reactor Continue lendo...
18/02/2019 21:00:00 Solving the mystery of Stonehenge The discovery confirms a prediction made a century ago Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 One-pedal driving in electric cars Regenerative braking will change the way people drive Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a rare brain illness, may be caused by prions Like CJD, in other words, but with a protein also involved in Alzheimer’s Continue lendo...
15/02/2019 22:00:00 How to get olives from tree to table, fast Use ion-exchange resins Continue lendo...
13/02/2019 22:00:00 Technology could make a hard border disappear, but at a cost Background surveillance would need to be high Continue lendo...
12/02/2019 22:00:00 Loss of kidney function in old age is not inevitable Hunter-gatherers do not suffer from it Continue lendo...
08/02/2019 22:00:00 The rewilding movement is going from strength to strength One site in Argentina now has tapirs, jaguars, peccaries and macaws Continue lendo...
08/02/2019 22:00:00 How to preserve nature on a tight budget Saving species cheaply and effectively Continue lendo...
01/02/2019 22:00:00 The giant panda’s unusual diet may be the result of human pressure Civilisation’s rise drove it into China’s bamboo forests Continue lendo...
01/02/2019 22:00:00 Recent events highlight an unpleasant scientific practice: ethics dumping Rich-world scientists conduct questionable experiments in poor countries Continue lendo...
01/02/2019 22:00:00 A rock from the Moon has a tiny piece of Earth inside it It arrived there 4bn years ago Continue lendo...
01/02/2019 22:00:00 A newly revived vaccine may deal a death blow to typhoid fever It languished for 20 years for lack of development money Continue lendo...
01/02/2019 22:00:00 Contacting extraterrestrials may be better done with X-rays than by radio They penetrate better through outer space Continue lendo...
25/01/2019 22:00:00 Shifts in Earth’s orbit increase the chances of spectacular fossils Changes in the seasons mean changes in preservation conditions Continue lendo...
25/01/2019 22:00:00 A camera that can see round corners No flashy lasers are involved. Just an awful lot of computing power Continue lendo...
24/01/2019 13:45:58 The sea cucumber, an apparently sedentary creature, is anything but It puffs itself up with water and behaves like marine tumbleweed Continue lendo...
23/01/2019 22:00:00 Thankfully, the technology to combat rogue drones is getting better Clever jamming techniques and improved radar are coming Continue lendo...
18/01/2019 22:00:00 Vaccine researchers are preparing for Disease X They hope to be able to create new vaccines in just four months Continue lendo...
18/01/2019 22:00:00 Add a liver enzyme to a type of ivy to purify the air in buildings The enzyme destroys nasty organic chemicals Continue lendo...