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Measuring time accurately increases the entropy in the universe
People who live past 105 years old have genes that stop DNA damage
Covid-19 news: UK under-40s to get alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine
Apples review: A tender and absurd story of a memory loss pandemic
Physicists have measured an atom's 'neutron skin' for the first time
What the battle between Epic Games and Apple could mean for you
Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies
Cosmic census reveals 540 stars and planets in our neighbourhood
The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins
US Navy is developing drones to exterminate birds' eggs near airfields
Don't Miss: Netflix's Oxygen, a sci-fi thriller with a shocking twist
Enormous kites flown by robots could help power a Mars colony
Siberian flying squirrel caught mid-body-slam in rare photo

Measuring time accurately increases the entropy in the universe

Posted: 07 May 2021 03:11 PM PDT

A clock with controllable accuracy has shown that the better a clock is at timekeeping, the more entropy it will produce in the form of heat, increasing disorder as it ticks

People who live past 105 years old have genes that stop DNA damage

Posted: 07 May 2021 10:25 AM PDT

Supercentenarians and semi-supercentenarians – people who reach the ages of 110 and 105 – have genes that reduce the number of mutations that accumulate in their cells

Covid-19 news: UK under-40s to get alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine

Posted: 07 May 2021 10:03 AM PDT

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

Apples review: A tender and absurd story of a memory loss pandemic

Posted: 07 May 2021 09:33 AM PDT

In Apples, a pandemic is causing people to lose their memories. The film follows people in a recovery programme aimed at giving them new identities

Physicists have measured an atom's 'neutron skin' for the first time

Posted: 07 May 2021 08:19 AM PDT

Physicists have measured the "neutron skin" of an atom for the first time, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it is extremely thin. The measurement may help us understand the properties of neutron stars

What the battle between Epic Games and Apple could mean for you

Posted: 07 May 2021 06:38 AM PDT

Epic Games, the maker of online video game Fortnite, is currently facing Apple in a US federal court in a trial that could not just decide how mobile apps are regulated, but how technology firms can act in general, says Frederike Kaltheuner

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

Posted: 07 May 2021 06:32 AM PDT

Based on the shapes of their pelvises, extinct hominins like Australopithecus had a hard time giving birth, suggesting mothers in labour needed assistance from their peers

Cosmic census reveals 540 stars and planets in our neighbourhood

Posted: 07 May 2021 06:21 AM PDT

A cosmic census of the currently known objects in the vicinity of our sun has revealed that there are 540 stars and planets in the immediate neighbourhood

The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins

Posted: 05 May 2021 11:11 AM PDT

Platypuses glow in UV light, produce venom and lay eggs. Yet despite their oddities, their newly sequenced genome illuminates the evolution of mammals

US Navy is developing drones to exterminate birds' eggs near airfields

Posted: 07 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT

A new US Navy autonomous drone will locate birds' nests near airfields, armed with a device that covers the eggs in oil to suffocate the embryos and prevent them hatching

Don't Miss: Netflix's Oxygen, a sci-fi thriller with a shocking twist

Posted: 05 May 2021 11:09 AM PDT

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Enormous kites flown by robots could help power a Mars colony

Posted: 07 May 2021 01:00 AM PDT

A proposal to power a future Mars base includes an enormous kite flown by robots, along with solar power and a battery that stores energy by compressing gas underground

Siberian flying squirrel caught mid-body-slam in rare photo

Posted: 05 May 2021 11:08 AM PDT

This amazing shot of an elusive Siberian flying squirrel as it body slams a rival in its Hokkaido habitat during mating season was taken by photographer Tony Wu