2020-04-02_Science_Illustrated

ARCHAEOLOGY Scientists cannot tell for sure whether Earth was previously the home of a civilisation comparable to that of humans ...

Any evidence of humans would quickly disappear Scientists of the future will have difficulties finding evidence of us, as most o ...

Some people have a genetic variation relating to the sensation of aldehydes which exist in coriander. The taste is reminiscent o ...

Some jellyfish are only a centimetre in size, but in two jellyfish species the bell, in rare cases, grows to a diameter of two m ...

WILDLIFE Many animals have an impressive sense of smell, but scientists cannot identify one specific animal as having the king o ...

WHAT IF... What if our weather systems reversed? What would the weather be like if weather systems suddenly came from the east i ...

26 | SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED VS BIOLOGY The simple answer is no; indeed all animals seem to have different blood types. Fish have no ...

What if you were hit by the LHC proton beam? "How would the cells of my body react if they were hit by the proton beam from CERN ...

After 25 films, James Bond has survived or thwarted a good many instruments of torture and other devices wielded by Bond villain ...

Arch-rival Blofeld tries to kill Bond with a remote-controlled helicopter. In the real world, such remote technology is helping ...

Cobalt bomb kills cancer cells Radioactive cobalt emits gamma radiation, which could eliminate cancer tumours in the brain. Bond ...

Scientists 3D-print artificial jaw for cancer patient In Skyfall (2012), Raoul Silva is the Bond villain with a jaw implant that ...

The Ehang 216 drone is to carry passengers across short distances in cities where it could effectively bypass traffic jams. 007 ...

A ship pumps liquid into a fracture between two plates of Earth’s crust. The pressure from the liquid triggers an earthquake. Sc ...

The solar mirror consists of thin, reflective film. The light can be focused in a beam with a diameter of 10-75km. Underwater ci ...

Laser shoots asteroids off course Asteroids could destroy all life on Earth, but scientists are working on a defence craft that ...

Withered plants. Suffocating dust clouds. Water pipes that sound with a hollow ‘clang’. One third of the world's population lack ...

Only one ten-thousandth of Earth’s water is drinkable, but that would be more than enough if only resources were evenly distribu ...

D ay Zero is a term you might hear in a Hollywood disaster film, but in Australian towns affected by drought, Day Zero comes whe ...

Is climate change putting pressure on ground water? Oceans, lakes and rivers interact with the atmosphere to move water around o ...