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A species of tarantula seems to live exclusively inside hollow bamboo stems, which no other tarantula is known to do 18 January 2022 By Jake Buehler Taksinus bambus – a tarantula that lives inside bamboo JoCho Sippawat Tarantulas make their homes everywhere from dusty desert burrows to a rainforest canopy. Now, researchers have discovered a … Read more
AT&T and Verizon plan to turn on 5G networks across the US on 19 January, but airline bosses warn that potential interference with planes could cause a “catastrophic” crisis Technology 18 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Telecommunications towers in the US will soon use radiowaves for 5G service that could interfere with planes valentyn semenov … Read more
Scientists at universities perform much of the world’s cutting-edge scientific research—often while relying on shaky, homemade computer software written by students and postdocs. Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic organization founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt, his spouse, hopes to remedy that situation by investing $40 million over the next 5 years to … Read more
Bacteria-killing viruses can be used to treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and the approach has been tried in more than 100 people in Belgium since a 2019 change in regulations Health 18 January 2022 By Michael Le Page Illustration of bacteriophage viruses attacking a bacterium iLexx/Getty Images The use of bacteria-killing viruses known as phages to treat … Read more
AT&T and Verizon plan to turn on 5G networks across the US on 19 January, but airline bosses warn that potential interference with planes could cause a “catastrophic” crisis Technology 18 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Telecommunications towers in the US will soon use radiowaves for 5G service that could interfere with planes valentyn semenov … Read more
The universe was born with the Big Bang as an unimaginably hot, dense point. When the universe was just 10-34 of a second or so old — that is, a hundredth of a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second in age — it experienced an incredible burst of expansion known as … Read more
For some, the phrase “living with covid” means removing all restrictions. But the actions we take now will determine how many more people die of covid – and whether we’re doomed to keep chasing new variants Health 18 January 2022 By Michael Marshall Mask wearing at a theatre in Antwerp, Belgium, last month JONAS ROOSENS/BELGA/AFP … Read more
The human mind, it seems, is a very powerful thing. According to a new study involving over 45,000 patients, most of the adverse reactions people experienced after having a COVID-19 vaccination could be due to the nocebo effect. The nocebo effect is a bit like the ‘evil twin’ of the placebo effect, occurring when … Read more
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 has spread shock waves, quite literally, around half the world. High-resolution Himawari satellite imagery of the #HungaTongaHungaHaapai volcanic eruption … Read more
Our list of the best asteroid movies has crashed to Earth, but which of them made the deepest impact? A fictional threatening comet or asteroid provides perfect fodder for a science fiction film. Happily, NASA and its partners scan the skies regularly for threatening small bodies and so far, in real life, they have found … Read more