If you can have microwave ovens, why not microwave boilers?
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How medicine discriminates against non-white people and women
Apr 8th 2021AT THE PEAK of the coronavirus epidemic in America, hospitals needed to triage patients. Only the sickest were admitted….
With millions vaccinated, rare side-effects of jabs are emerging
Sorting signal from noiseApr 7th 2021CHRIS WHITTY, England’s chief medical officer, vividly recalls a nerve-racking moment on…
A second possible break in the laws of physics has been noted
This time it involves misbehaving muonsApr 7th 2021“WHO ORDERED that?” This was the reaction, famous in particle-physics circles,…
Those who worry about CO2 should worry about methane, too
Apr 3rd 2021POLITICS, OTTO VON BISMARCK is supposed to have said, is the art of the possible. And one of the most depressing features…
Aircraft-carriers take to the air
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How female choice creates new species
Mar 27th 2021NATURAL SELECTION, as propounded in Charles Darwin’s master work, “On the Origin of Species”, explains how…
A route to the much-sought “new physics” may have opened
Mar 25th 2021THE STANDARD MODEL of particle physics is one of the most powerful theories in science. It is, though, incomplete….
Aircraft carriers take to the air
Mar 24th 2021AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS are juicy targets. They are also increasingly vulnerable ones. Like medieval castles in the age…
Just possibly, a route to the much-sought “new physics” has opened
An odd result from the LHC cannot easily be explained awayMar 24th 2021THE STANDARD model of particle physics is one of the most…