First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem
Apr 23, 2021 12:07 pm UTC| Science Insights & Views
Scientists have created the worlds first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types of cell develop alongside each other. The embryos, which were derived from a macaque and then...
Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?
Apr 23, 2021 11:52 am UTC| Science
In Aldous Huxleys 1932 novel Brave New World, people arent born from a mothers womb. Instead, embryos are grown in artificial wombs until they are brought into the world, a process called ectogenesis. In the novel,...
Antimatter: scientists find way to trap elusive material by blasting it with lasers
Apr 23, 2021 11:46 am UTC| Science
Antimatter is believed to play a huge part in the story of our universe. Its the counterpart to matter: identical in every way with protons, neutrons and electrons but with an opposite electric charge. According to our...
Shifting toward 'open peer review'
Apr 22, 2021 05:42 am UTC| Science
Twenty years ago, it was difficult to find information about local restaurants, except from the restaurants themselves. Now, thanks to the Internet, independent evaluations are easy to find. Its past time we make that the...
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flight on Mars opens up new frontiers in space exploration
Apr 22, 2021 05:41 am UTC| Science
History has been made on Mars: NASAs Ingenuity helicopter just achieved the first powered and controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity is a small, lightweight, drone-like helicopter that was carried on the...
How we found hints of new particles or forces of nature – and why it could change physics
Apr 11, 2021 12:32 pm UTC| Science
Seven years ago, a huge magnet was transported over 3,200 miles (5,150km) across land and sea, in the hope of studying a subatomic particle called a muon. Muons are closely related to electrons, which orbit every atom...
How scientists are restoring boreal peatlands to help keep carbon in the ground
Apr 11, 2021 12:30 pm UTC| Science
Peatlands are one of the most valuable terrestrial ecosystems in our fight against climate change. These deep layers of partially decayed plants and other organic material are tens of thousands of years old. Globally,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight