SCIENCE

Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner

A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail…

7 months ago

Online exercise: If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost – and gained?

FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images I have never attended the same gym as Eric Drinkwater, a sports scientist at Deakin University…

7 months ago

Covid-19 hit women harder than men in India, unlike most of the world

New Delhi, India, in March 2020, during a curfew imposed as a preventive measure against covid-19Yawar Nazir/Getty Images The covid-19…

7 months ago

In the race to ramp up renewables, we can’t ignore heat storage

Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Shutterst​ock It is by now well established that to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we need to…

7 months ago

A microscopic diving board can cheat the second law of thermodynamics

Not all diving boards obey the laws of thermodynamicsvm/Getty Images A microscopic version of a diving board has been driven…

7 months ago

Menstrual pads that turn blood solid could reduce the risk of leaks

Existing menstrual pads can lead to leaksVittoria/Alamy Menstrual products that cause blood to form a solid gel-like substance, rather than…

8 months ago

Old Fashioned Recipe For Preventing Allergies And Chemical Sensitivities

Moms are the ones who bandage our boo-boos when we’re little and continue to take care of us as we…

6 years ago