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The eerie silence above may tell us something ominous about the future of our own civilization. By Thomas Moynihan – It is 1950 and a group of scientists are walking to lunch against the majestic backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. They are about …
By Sarah Hughes – The TV series may have reached its conclusion, but with two books to finish as well as a host of spinoff projects, the writer of the novel series that spawned it is busier than ever. Sun 18 Aug 2019 …
By Michael Irving – An artist’s impression of a collision between Jupiter and a large, ancient planetoid that would have disrupted its core. (Credit: K. Suda & Y. Akimoto/Mabuchi Design Office/Astrobiology Center, Japan). Jupiter is a gigantic ball of churning gas clouds, and …
Adversarial Fashion garments are covered in license plates, aimed at bamboozling a device’s databases. By Alex Hern in Las Vegas @alexhern – An Adversarial Fashion dress, modeled by its designer, Kate Rose. Photograph: Kate Rose. Automatic license plate readers, which use networked surveillance …
Paul Ridden – A special report from the IPCC entitled Climate Change and Land will form the basis of scientific input for upcoming climate and environment negotiations. (Credit: kevron2002/Depositphotos). A Special Report of Climate Change and Land by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
By Louis Doré – An infographic map made by Czech linguist, mathematician, and artist Jakub Marian has described the most popular surnames in Europe. For example, the most popular surname in the United Kingdom is Smith, deriving from the metalworking practice, compared to …
By Hannah Irvine – There’s no doubt the US $1 bill is highly controversial. It’s the most talked about of all bills, and that’s not just because George Washington’s face replaced Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, who originally adorned the bill (rude). Rumors circulating …
By Michael Irving – Researchers have shown that amino acids, the building blocks of life, stack themselves readily under the right conditions. (Credit: elenathewise/Depositphotos). Exactly how life sprung out of non-living matter is one of biology’s biggest mysteries. But with continued research …
Fifteen-year-old resorts to drastic measures after action taken ‘so I’d pay more attention to my surroundings’… By Kari Paul in San Francisco – ‘Dorothy’ found alternative means to reach her thousands of followers. Photograph: gerenme/Getty Images/iStockphoto. A resourceful teenager has taken the rise …
By Loz Blain – More than 1,000 hp makes the Rezvani Tank X the world’s first hyper-SUV. (Credit: Rezvani). Nobody this side of Howe & Howe knows how to overcompensate like the Rezvani team, and the new Tank X is so brutally …