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By Ben Coxworth – Brown tube sponges on a reef in Belize. (Credit: dsabo/Depositphotos). We’ve recently been hearing about how scientists can tell which creatures are present in an aquatic environment, by detecting their cast-off DNA in the water. A new study …
By Maggie O’Neill – Mount Sinai Health System © Provided by TIME Inc. In January 2018, Rachel Palma started noticing her body wasn’t working quite right. Her mind wasn’t functioning properly, and she would suddenly drop items she was holding. “My right hand …
On the 30th anniversary of the massacre, commemorations to those who were killed will show the Chinese government we will not be silenced. By Rowena Xiaoqing He – Tiananmen Square on 2 June 1989, two days before the massacre. Photograph: Catherine Henriette/AFP/Getty Images. …
With CVS selling more groceries than Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s combined, researchers fear food ‘deserts’ are becoming ‘swamps’ of processed food. Gabrielle Canon @GabrielleCanon – Los Angeles, California, has some of the worst food ‘swamps’ in the country. Photograph: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images. …
By Nick Lavars – Volkswagen’s ID.R in action at Nürburgring-Nordschleife. (Credit: Volkswagen). Volkswagen built its ID.R with the intention of showing what the heads in its electric drive division are capable of, and it only took a few months after its unveiling for the …
C.C. Weiss – Those giant 63-in Sherp tires propel the beast through water, as well as over land. (Credit: 4theriders.com / New Atlas). Overland Expo celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and the 2019 show proved more than ever that “overlanding” has exploded from …
By Michael Irving – Researchers have managed to recreate cell division outside of a cell. (Credit: vjanez/Depositphotos). Cell division is one of the most fundamental biological functions, vital to life – but there’s still so much about it that we don’t understand. …
It just takes three elements to make a fire. By Peter Hess – Complications like infections or perforations can arise in the operating room, but one man had a much closer brush with disaster, as doctors reported at the European Society of Anesthesiology’s …
By 2100 there could be 4.9bn dead users on Facebook. So who controls our digital legacy after we have gone? As Black Mirror returns, we delve into the issue. Andrew Scott Q&A: ‘I never get angrier than with passwords or apps’ Amelia Tait …
Observer editorial. This absurd ruling restricts highly targeted plant breeding but allows random changes caused by carcinogenic chemicals. The techniques used to modify this rice in Norfolk in the last century have been overtaken by new methods that do not involve introducing …
