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called Jugnu that’s capable of two-way data transmission at speeds of up to one gigabit per second (Gbps) – nearly 100 times fas ...

SMART MATERIALS AND SELF-REPAIRING PAINT The ability to design materials with particular physical properties is one of the thing ...

& BY OUR EXPERT PANEL YOUR QUESTI0NS ANSWERED Susan is a visiting psychology professor at the University of Plymouth. Her bo ...

Why can’t everybody roll their tongues? Scientists aren’t sure. There is a long-standing myth that tongue rolling is controlled ...

& It wouldn’t be easy. The Permian period, just before the dinosaurs appeared, ran from about 300 to 250 million years ago. ...

Why do beached whales often die? Death is often due to dehydration. Whales have an incredibly thick layer of insulating blubber. ...

& The heat in chilli is caused by a chemical called capsaicin, which binds to the TRPV1 proteins in the nerves that sense pa ...

Are many visible stars dead? In Numbers of the 150,000 tree species in the Amazon could be at risk of extinction, if deforestati ...

& What is the function of the golden foil that covers space probes? Some people think that the gold foil is there to block e ...

Bill McGuire wonders whether friendly monikers lessen the perceived impact of hurricanes Have you notived how our weather is bec ...

& Are academic traits genetic? Yes. Unpopular as this is, the evidence has always shown high heritability of IQ, and IQ scor ...

Interrupted sleep. At least, that’s what one recent study shows. We’ve long known that sleep deprivation makes people bad- tempe ...

A feast for the mind Resource MEET THE AUTHOR Lisa Randall Bodley Head The Astounding Interconnectedness Of The Universe At firs ...

We Are All Stardust Stefan Klein Scribe Herding Hemingway’s Cats Understanding How Our Genes Work Kat Arney Bloomsbury Sigma The ...

Neuroscience has tended to focus on negative emotions like anger and fear, but I’m interested in positive emotions. That’s why I ...

Time Out Crossword No.186 SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD 183 ACROSS Entice rep to work nearest to an earthquake (9) Rascal goes east to j ...

hen you want to insult someone in tech- speak, all you have to do is use the L-word: ‘Luddite’. Everyone knows what it means: a ...

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