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Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
Getty ImagesScientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor. More »
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Can you solve it? Can you outwit the wizards of Oz?
Parabola, a wonderful Australian maths magazine for secondary school pupils, celebrates its 60th birthday this month. Today’s puzzles are taken from a recently published compilation of its best problems.1. The question with no question(a) All of the following.... More »
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Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.As the Soviet Union disintegrated, Thomas L. Neff came up with an improbable idea. What if Soviet nuclear warheads co... More »
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Practice doesn’t always make perfect – that’s why you’re not in the Olympics | Martha Gill
Stefan Holm was told he was too short to be a high jumper. But by the time he won Sweden a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics, he had honed himself into the perfect projectile. It was the result of a 15-year obsession: his whole life had been pulled into alignmen... More »
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Turn off Netflix and take the stairs: let’s aim to die healthy rather than just live longer | Robin Mckie
Prospects for extending lifespans have generated some striking headlines in recent weeks. “Tantalising drug lets mice live longer but retain youthful looks,” the Times announced. “Anti-ageing drug is ‘holy grail’ of cancer fight,” claimed the Telegraph.Nor is ... More »
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How Real Is the Science in ‘Twisters’?
Sean Waugh holds a laptop with green, red and yellow weather radar looping as his driver rumbles down an Oklahoma highway in their government-issued truck. The vehicle holds 50 gallons of fuel, so they can chase storms all day. A rectangular cage with metal me... More »
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The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry’s first report: poor preparation with tragic consequences | Editorial
Citizens of all four nations of the UK were failed by politicians and officials who neglected to prepare properly for a pandemic or other civil emergency. Former UK health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock did not update or improve an inadequate pandemi... More »
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The Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared | Devi Sridhar
In 2002, Sars, a dangerous coronavirus, spread across the world with a fatality rate of around 10%. Although it was contained relatively quickly, east Asian countries learned from this experience and updated their pandemic preparedness plans. Their governments... More »
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What’s old, long, and green? Meet Gnatalie, Los Angeles’ new dinosaur.
The latest dinosaur being mounted at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is not only a member of a new species – it’s also the only one found on the planet whose bones are green, according to museum officials.Named “Gnatalie” (pronounced Natalie) for the... More »
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Forget the 5am starts! Night owls like me possess the real secret of success | Arwa Mahdawi
My fellow night owls, grab a strong cup of coffee and gather around: I have great news. For a long time, our kind has been unfairly maligned. Stereotyped as lazy and undisciplined. Told we ought to be morning larks. Advised to go to bed early so we can wake be... More »
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Chandra Observatory Captures Two Supernovas in (Slow) Motion
For the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA produced ghostly time-lapse videos of two centuries-old stellar eruptions.“The past is never dead,” William Faulkner once wrote. “It’s not even past.” Nobody knows this better than astronomers. Ev... More »
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Satellites could be put to work tracking ocean trash
Satellites can now track ocean garbage from space, marking a potential “game changer” for tracking the vexing problem of marine litter, new research suggests.The study, published in Nature Communications, suggests that even satellites that haven’t been special... More »