Another life-saving treatment is found for covid-19
Two drugs for arthritis prove strikingly effectiveJan 7th 2021GOOD NEWS from covid-19 wards is hard to come by these days. A relentless…
Is the time now ripe for planes to run on hydrogen?
Dec 8th 2020IN THE SWAMPS of 1950s Florida, a loud roaring occasionally disturbed the serenity of the local alligators. Under…
A new idea about how dogs were domesticated
Jan 9th 2021MAN’S BEST friend is also his oldest. The partnership between dogs and people may go back as much as 40,000 years—long…
America’s approach to command and control goes peer to peer
Jan 9th 2021AN OLD PROVERB says you should not put all your eggs in one basket. That is a particularly good maxim for matters…
Herbal remedies can help to treat neglected tropical diseases
Jan 9th 2021“WHAT DO YOU call traditional medicine that works?” “Medicine.” This old joke contains more than a milligram…
How to map the seabed from the sky
Jan 9th 2021AN ALIEN SEEKING a name for the third planet from the sun might reasonably plump for “Sea” or “Ocean”, rather…
Super-loudhailers are becoming louder still
Dec 10th 2020YOU NEED a pretty powerful bullhorn to broadcast a message to someone who is 2km away. But that is what America’s…
Elon Musk’s latest rocket launch is a successful failure
Dec 10th 2020″FAILURE is an option here. If you are not failing, you are not innovating.” So said Elon Musk a few years after…
Bees defend their hives against hornets with animal dung
Dec 12th 2020HONEYBEES IN ASIA have it rough. Unlike their cousins in North America, where bee-eating hornets have arrived only…