Issues: Science
Resources to help you understand the latest developments in science, the changes they will work across society, and their potential benefits to humanity.
- Scientists in Chicago discovered that a subatomic particle's mass is not what it should be. [web page]
- Sci-Hub [web site]
- Neanderthal extinction linked to magnetic pole reversal. [web page]
- More galaxies exist in the universe than Carl Sagan ever dreamed. [web page]
- Quantum gravity gets flat. [web page]
- When you search for black holes in space, you tend to find them. [web page]
- Maths and physics are growing closer through quantum gravity. [web page]
- Black hole's rear aspect indicates Albert Einstein was correct in his seminal theory. [web page]
- Black holes' plasma jets get a theory. [web page]
- Best black hole image ever recorded to date snapped. [web page]
- Electron-composed Wigner Crystals created by scientists. [web page]
- Theoretical science needs funding to change the world of science. [web page]
- By constructing highly entangled quantum systems in a tabletop experiment, Schleier-Smith hopes to produce something that looks and acts like the warped space-time predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. [web page]
- Quarks are the smallest particles known to man, and researchers have discovered new methods for them to gather together. [web page]
- All the countries now want their own version of DARPA to super-charge science research. [web page]
- The black hole with a moving shadow. [web page]
- Ultra-cold adapted life more viable than previously thought after Antarctic discovery. [web page]
- In the cosmos, everything is either a particle or a field. Dark energy is none of these things, and it may be a feature of space itself. [web page]
- CERN's antimatter trap proves useful in unlocking secrets of the cosmos. [web page]
- The speed of time isn't as steady as we think. Gravity slows it down, so clocks on Earth's surface tick slower than those in space, and now researchers have found that time moves at different speeds across a distance of just one millimetre, the smallest distance ever measured. [web page]
- RNA molecules change into a small ecosystem inside test tubes. [web page]
- The million-year-old genome arrives. [web page]
- All these worlds are yours - maybe, Europa, too? [web page]
- Scientists create a model of what would happen if the Moon was punched through by a mini Black Hole? [web page]
- Supernova secrets spill with use of new models. [web page]
- The key to the future is building big. Megascale big! [web page]
- Particle physics developing again through 'Renormalization' [web page]
- Quantum simulators introduce a whole new phase of matter into the equation. [web page]
- According to physicists, time may not exist and that causality is the fundamental feature of our universe. [web page]
- Quantum reflections may just compose the universe. [web page]
- Electronics are getting a whole new lease of life as impossible new technologies come online. [web page]
- Is Anti-Intellectualism eroding science (and reality)? [web page]
- Hycean planets became a valid SETI target for life. [web page]
- Why are humans the only advanced tool-using species on Earth? [web page]
- The discovery of the world's oldest fossils suggests that life on Earth began far earlier than previously thought. [web page]
- Offworld atmosphere analysis stepping up a pace. [web page]
- The robotic Cheetah at MIT taught itself to run, setting a new speed record in the process. [web page]
- As extinct as a dodo? Perhaps not for long after scientists sequence the DNA of an extinct bird. [web page]
- Superconductivity at 15 degrees Celsius using carbonaceous sulfur hydride. [video]
- New force of nature found with muons. [web page]
- New study suggest Earth may have only sentient species in the Galaxy. [web page]
- World's largest solar project moves closer to construction. [web page]
- The impact of Black Holes on the Moon could put an end to the Dark Matter Debate. [web page]
- Geometric Unity and a rival theory of everything. [video]
- When the world's idea labs get bullied into becoming echo chambers, humanity's collective problem-solving intelligence gets turned off. [video]
- A massive attempt to sequence the genomes of all complex creatures on the planet is now underway. [web page]
- A massive attempt to sequence the genomes of all complex creatures on the planet is now underway. [web page]
- Immortality starts with the skin, as skin cells are reprogrammed back to blank-slate stem cells. [web page]
- Can A.I. help humanity talk to whales for the first time? [web page]
- A new project has a specific goal: to be able to measure very precisely how quickly the universe grows. [web page]
- A new project has a specific goal: to be able to measure very precisely how quickly the universe grows. [web page]
- The 21st century will find quantum technology impacts us across multiple technologies. [web page]
- A new telescope is planned to search our galactic neighbours for planets capable of supporting life. [web page]
- Science to go into overdrive after Covid pandemic? [web page]
- How we overestimated the moon's volcanic death. [web page]
- The way we support research is suffocating innovation. Is there a way to support scientific research in a more innovative way? [web page]
- To get to grips with reality, scientists need imaginary numbers. [web page]
- X-Ray technology about to advance. [web page]
- Muons hint at new scientific frontiers for physics. [web page]
- Scientists create first room-temperature superconductor. [web page]
- According to geology research, the Earth's interior is cooling quicker than projected. [web page]
- According to geology research, the Earth's interior is cooling quicker than projected. [web page]
- Earth has remained suitable for human life until now - how lucky are we? [web page]
- Could the building blocks of life have arrived from outer space? Yes, according to scientists. [web page]
- How a single mutation in the brain led to humanity. [web page]
- What if the cosmos is, at its core, not a collection of particles, forces, and fields, but a collection of bits? [video]
- Why are scientific media, professional organisations, and academic departments falling to progressive ideological fads in growing numbers? [audio]
- Why are scientific media, professional organisations, and academic departments falling to progressive ideological fads in growing numbers? [audio]
- Curing the innovation famine [audio]
- Turning black holes into super sized windmills? [web page]
- Why, outside of computers, there's been a global innovation famine. [video]
- Mystery of tiny black holes puzzles space scientists. [web page]
- Science has stopped paying the growth dividend the rest of society needs to meet its obligation to make things better for our kids than it was for us. [video]
- The UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) will change the face of British science. [web page]
- Gravity has a quantum link that might change everything. [web page]
- Tortoises are examined for the secrets of humanity living longer. [web page]
- Plan S intends to make peer-reviewed research open to all, not just those who pay to subscribe to journal paywalls. [web page]
