Very Interesting – July-August 2019
around the world are now using the Henry Ford approach as a model to reduce suicides among mental health patients. A Reaching ou ...
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Which came first, the plant or the seed? Adam Sam, Brakpan The earliest fossils of complex land plants date from around 470 mill ...
Nature ...
GETTYGETTY For centuries, many have claimed that a creature lurks in Loch Ness. Now, by seeking out monster DNA from the loch’s ...
T he idea that new, large animal species might be hiding in the world’s wilder places has always been one of the most romantic a ...
erroneous. In other words: science has searched for Nessie, and the results have come back negative. In the 2016 book Hunting Mo ...
to biologists ever since it was devised in the 1990s. It has been used to examine the distribution of species no longer present ...
there. Given the success of eDNA in documenting the presence of animals, it is quite plausible that an eDNA study could document ...
If nothing can escape from a singularity, how did the universe manage it? Atandwa Sithole, Durban E instein’s theory of gravity ...
GETTY IMAGES X3, ALAMY ILLUSTRATION: PETER SUCHESKI F or over 200 years, the kilogram has been the international standard unit o ...
W e’ve always been fascinated by the idea of creating autonomous machines that resemble us, and if they need to interact closely ...
S tandards differ. In the UK, regulations require free-range poultry to have access to the outside during daylight hours via ‘po ...
Science ...
What do you do? Melanie Windridge I’m a physicist working with Tokamak Energy, a company that’s developing fusion energy. I’ve j ...
This device stimulates the vagus nerve with a tiny electric current. It can help boost powers of concentration enough for patien ...
Flushing contact lenses down the toilet could be contributing to the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the world’s oc ...
1 2 1 4 3 5 6 2 5 RIDEABLE ROBOT The Loomo can be ridden like a Segway, but it’ll also talk to you, follow you and carry your sh ...
The Physics Of Everyday Things by James Kakalios Sub-titled The Extraordinary Science Behind An Ordinary Day, this book explores ...
Puzzles PIT YOUR WITS AGAINST THESE BRAINTEASERS BY DAVID J BODYCOMBE, QUESTION-SETTER FOR BBC FOUR’S ONLY CONNECT MIND GAMES We ...
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