S. Korea to encourage private sector participation in miniature satellite project
Jun 19, 2021 14:29 pm UTC| Economy Science
South Korea will develop over 100 miniature satellites over the next decade to establish a national security monitoring system and testing next-generation network communications. The Ministry of Science and ICT expects...
Finland's Ant Brew offers beer created with goose poop
Jun 11, 2021 18:44 pm UTC| Economy Science
Finnish Brewery Ant Brew is offering the Wasted Potential Imperial Stout, produced by using goose feces to smoke malt. The microbrewerys home city, Lahti, which was named the European Green Capital 2021, wanted to...
UFOs: how to calculate the odds that an alien spaceship has been spotted
Jun 08, 2021 12:16 pm UTC| Science
The US military has released previously classified photos and films related to unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings, which mostly show something blurry moving strangely. Still, I hear that a friend of a friend has...
Why are some mushrooms poisonous?
Jun 07, 2021 23:47 pm UTC| Science
Why are some mushrooms poisonous and some are not? Alice T., age 11 You may have noticed that mushrooms pop up in your yard or in parks right after a rain but dont last for long. A mushroom is the above-ground...
Jun 07, 2021 23:45 pm UTC| Science
Its been 30 years since Nasa last visited Venus, with the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, two new missions have been selected to explore the deadly atmosphere, crushing pressures and volcanic landscape. The process dates...
Power from the ocean: can we use bio-fouling organisms to help extract energy from waves?
Jun 07, 2021 09:32 am UTC| Science
People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion story. It starts with the suns heat driving winds...
New global guidelines for stem cell research aim to drive discussions, not lay down the law
May 28, 2021 11:13 am UTC| Law Science
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today released updated guidelines for stem cell research and its translation to medicine. Developed in response to recent scientific and clinical advances, the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects