The Large Hadron Collider at CERN could be affected by UK spending cuts Traczyk, Piotr/CERN 2021-2024 UK scientists are warning of a “catastrophic” impact on physics research due to budget cuts at public funding bodies. Research groups around the country face average cuts of 30 per cent, but have been asked to plan for up…
Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically since 2017. This may be a sign that the floating ice shelf in front of it is no longer helping to hold back the ice. Pine Island glacier…
A volcanic eruption on Io photographed by the Galileo spacecraft NASA/JPL/DLR Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted all at once in a cataclysm of lava. This means that they are probably all connected to the same underground magma network, which will help solve the mystery of Io’s insides. At the end of 2024, researchers…
There are lots of reasons to exercise, but it may not lead to weight loss as much as we have been led to believe Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg 5+/Alamy Exercise is tremendously beneficial for our health in many ways, but it’s not that effective when it comes to losing weight – and now we have the…
Ralph Fiennes in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Sony Pictures You wait decades for another sequel to Danny Boyle’s virus-based horror classic 28 Days Later and then two come along. Hot on the heels of last year’s 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple picks up almost straight after the provocative final…
No tour of the cosmos is complete without a description of black holes MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A Brief History of UniverseSarah Alam Malik, Simon & Schuster (UK, 12 February) William Morrow (US, 5 May) IN 1988, Stephen Hawking published A Brief History of Time, an exploration and explanation of cosmology by the renowned physicist…
Sebastião Salgado’s photo of the South Sandwich Islands, taken in 2009 Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Salgado became famous for his portraits of humans struggling to survive in an unjust and violent world. He took astonishing photographs of the attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan, covered conflicts in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East, and…
If given the choice, opting for a labour induction in the early morning could speed things along Iuliia Burmistrova/Getty Images The best time to induce labour is in the early morning, research suggests. By aligning with our natural body clocks, early-morning inductions seem to shorten labour times and reduce the need for Caesarean sections. “It’s…
Less bitter grapefruit are now in development JeyMin/Imazins/Getty Images If you never eat grapefruit because you find them far too bitter, CRISPR varieties may be more to your taste. It has been shown that disabling one gene via gene editing can greatly reduce the level of the chemicals that make grapefruit so bitter. “It could…
A meaningful life could be filled with small but kind gestures REUTERS/Eric Gaillard A Dalai Lama once said that our prime purpose in this life is to help others – and he may have been right. Scientists have found that having a positive impact on other people seems to be a key element to feeling…
