Developing and deploying tests for SARS-CoV-2 is crucial
Mar 19th 2020“WE HAVE A simple message to all countries.” So said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health…
Plastic rubbish smells good to turtles
Mar 14th 2020TURTLES HAVE an unfortunate habit of devouring plastic objects floating in the sea. These then get snared in their…
Nuclear power plants are coming to the battlefield
Mar 14th 2020WAR ZONES are dangerous places. Where better, then, for a nuclear reactor? On March 9th America’s government awarded…
American researchers want to fill the oceans with sensors
Mar 14th 2020THERE IS TWICE as much water on Earth as land. Oceanographers are nevertheless fond of saying that science knows…
The smallest dinosaur?
Another intriguing discovery from the amber mines of MyanmarMar 11th 2020OCCASIONALLY, A FOSSIL turns up that reminds people of…
Which is really the weaker sex?
Mar 7th 2020WOMEN LIVE longer than men. And, more generally, female mammals live longer than male ones. This might be put down…
A new firm says it can link satellites to ordinary smartphones
Mar 7th 2020SMARTPHONES GIVE people access to each other and to the internet when they are on the move—but only where there…
Fauna, as much as flora, govern susceptibility to wildfires
Mar 7th 2020THE WORLD is warming. All else being equal, that warming will promote wildfires. One job which human beings face in…
Which really is the weaker sex?
Mar 7th 2020WOMEN LIVE longer than men. And, more generally, female mammals live longer than male ones. This might be put down…