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Across the world, girls are more likely than boys to blame academic failure on a lack of talent, according to a large study on gender stereotypes published Wednesday. Paradoxically, the idea that males are inherently more brilliant was most entrenched in countries that are more egalitarian. Such stereotypes have been explored in the past, … Read more
A new study adds support to the idea that eating better foods is beneficial even without obtaining weight loss – with the Nordic diet reducing blood sugar and cholesterol even when no weight was lost. “It’s surprising because most people believe that positive effects on blood sugar and cholesterol are solely due to weight loss,” … Read more
The Ingenuity helicopter’s Red Planet flight tally is up to 21. The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) NASA chopper just aced another Mars sortie, agency officials announced today (March 11). “#MarsHelicopter can’t be stopped! Ingenuity successfully completed its 21st flight on the Red Planet. The small rotorcraft traveled 370 meters [1,214 feet] at a speed of 3.85 … Read more
Visit True Crime meets research at this New Scientist event featuring writer Val McDermid, psychologist Mark Freestone and forensic investigator Niamh Nic Daeid. At London’s Conway Hall from 6.30pm on 16 March. Read How to Speak Whale is a question that has intrigued humans for centuries. Now that AI is helping us decode animal languages, … Read more
Samuel L. Jackson’s streaming debut is touching, yet somewhat lacking in mystery and suspense Humans 9 March 2022 By Jon O’Brien Ptolemy Grey (Samuel L. Jackson) has advanced dementia, but a new drug changes everything Hopper Stone/Apple TV+ The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Walter Mosley Apple TV+ “I GOT to set things right,” says … Read more
These delicately detailed representations of plants by a founding figure of modern botany are given a new lease of life in the book Leonhart Fuchs: The New Herbal Life 9 March 2022 By Gege Li Leonhart Fuchs Illustrator Leonhart Fuchs THESE delicately detailed representations of medicinal plants are the work of Leonhart Fuchs, a 16th-century … Read more
From mosquitoes and rats to foxes and birds, the urban environment is transforming animals that live among us – but which new species should we expect next? Life 9 March 2022 By Rob Dunn Pigeons, as well as crows, jays and owls, are thriving in the urban jungle Bjorn Grotting/Alamy TO THE naturalist in me, … Read more
Is Russia holding off on cyberwarfare while it has troops in Ukraine, or are cyberattacks failing to land thanks to vast international efforts to protect the country? Technology 10 March 2022 By Matthew Sparkes People leaving the city of Irpin, Ukraine, on 10 March AFP As Russian forces built up near the Ukraine border at … Read more
Will gas power stations equipped with carbon capture and storage be the future of power plants in the UK? Environment 11 March 2022 By Adam Vaughan Keadby 2 gas-fired power station David Soulsby / Alamy This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science … Read more
Citizen surveys have revealed that common toads often climb trees to hide in hollows or in nest boxes Life 11 March 2022 By Michael Le Page The European common toad (Bufo bufo) Henry Andrews The common toad is a rather rotund animal with short legs and an ungainly gait. It certainly doesn’t look like a … Read more