Looking to upgrade your cold-weather garms? Let this season’s bestsellers inspire you • The best electric blankets and heated throws – tried and tested to keep you toasty for less this winter We may already be well into winter, but there’s still lots of chilly, wet weather ahead, so it’s time to see if your…
A growing tide of women, often battling early parenthood, are replacing alcohol with a drug that comes in a little brown bottle with a pipette. Jessica Salter reports A growing tide of women, often battling early parenthood, are replacing alcohol with a drug that comes in a little brown bottle with a pipette. Jessica Salter…
Though largely symbolic, President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” could throw a wrench in renewable energy development and will cut into the Endangered Species Act Though largely symbolic, President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” could throw a wrench in renewable energy development and will cut into the Endangered Species Act Scientific American Content: Global
As Britain prepares to criminalize the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, the government’s announcement marks an important step forward in addressing online violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, this measure alone will not fully protect victims from the broader harm posed by technology-facilitated abuse. A stronger, more comprehensive legal framework is urgently needed to…
The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers. The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new…
On his first day back in office as United States president, Donald Trump gave formal notice of his nation’s exit from the Paris Agreement—a vital global treaty seeking to rein in climate change. On his first day back in office as United States president, Donald Trump gave formal notice of his nation’s exit from the Paris…
In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of mirror asymmetries in our universe by studying the handedness of the gravitational-wave emission from black-hole mergers detected by Advanced LIGO and Virgo. In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an…
Many science fiction authors try to incorporate scientific principles into their work, but Ian Tregillis, who is a contributing author of the Wild Cards book series when he’s not working as a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, took it one step further: He derived a formula to describe the dynamics of the fictional universe’s…
Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a new computational tool to help evolutionary biologists analyze complex genetic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of species and the relationships between them. Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a new computational tool to help evolutionary biologists analyze complex genetic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of species and…
Terahertz (THz) waves, situated between the microwave and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, have drawn considerable attention over the past two decades. Terahertz (THz) waves, situated between the microwave and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, have drawn considerable attention over the past two decades. Optics & Photonics Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories