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panda Thermobaric weapons, sometimes called vacuum bombs, use powdered metal to create a rapidly expanding fireball. Under international law, they must only be used against military targets, not civilians. Technology 1 March 2022 , updated 10 March 2022 By David Hambling TOS-1 Buratino rocket launchers on display in Moscow, Russia Shutterstock / Shujaa_77 Update on 10 … Read more
By Richard Webb David Stock AS ASTRONOMER Royal, you have to assume Martin Rees isn’t in it for the money: £100 a year is the reward for advising the UK monarch on all matters astronomical. It is just one of many hats Rees has worn, though – including president of both the Royal Astronomical Society … Read more
“Deliberate erring” offers a surprising but effective way to enhance your memory and improve how you perform in many unexpected areas of life, says David Robson Humans | Columnist 9 March 2022 By David Robson Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images A man of genius makes no mistakes,” James Joyce wrote 100 years ago. “His errors are … Read more
Josie Ford Slobber dogs Feedback can think of few more unnerving fates than coming round from one of our regular fainting fits at the dentist’s in a pool not just of our own drool, but canine saliva too. Yet, “Dental patients at a practice in Green Bay, Wisconsin, can cuddle with a cockapoo named Charlie. … Read more
By Lucy Cooke Simone Rotella I ONCE stole a lion’s girlfriend. At the time, I was in the Masai Mara in Kenya experimenting with audio playback as a means of deciphering lion communication. This involved blasting a recording of a male lion’s roar into another’s territory and waiting for a response. Three lions – one … Read more
From our long lives to our social skills and even language, zoologist Antone Martinho-Truswell argues that we are more like birds than we think Humans 9 March 2022 By Simon Ings EVOLUTION has created a living world of jaw-dropping diversity. It has also generated what seem like astonishing coincidences. The pangolins of Africa and armadillos … Read more
By Jason Arunn Murugesu A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An antiseptic drug that inhibits the growth of bacteria in urine may be as effective as antibiotics in the prevention of recurring … Read more
DNA sequencing has revealed that a bright pink lake on an island off Western Australia gets its colour from a mix of salt-loving bacteria and algae Earth 10 March 2022 By Alice Klein Aerial view of Lake Hillier, Australia Tourism Western Australia The unusual bubblegum pink colour of a remote lake in Western Australia has … Read more
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong, Alex Wilkins and Alexandra Thompson Laboratory culture system using VeroE6 cells tested negative for covid-19. Rockett et al, 2022 Latest coronavirus news as of 12pm 10 March The monoclonal antibody sotrovimab has … Read more
If you’re someone who suffers from motion sickness, travelling in many types of vehicles can be difficult thanks to a host of symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea and even vomiting. But it’s not completely clear why some people can read and play games on their phone during a long drive while others spend the journey … Read more