Science
Human echolocation works step by step
Navigating the world as a blind person sometimes involves using a cane, guide dog or wearable GPS system. For some, this toolkit includes echolocation. Producing tongue clicks and listening for echoes can be enough to gain information about nearby...
Life
Our fancy salt obsession is harming our health
When I was at uni, I had a biology lecturer who was obsessed with iodine, and whose life’s work...
Life
Iodised salt has become uncool but many of us need to eat more iodine
When I was at uni, I had a biology lecturer who was obsessed with iodine, and whose life’s work...
Life
We’re solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together
As you read this, every atom in your body is desperately trying to tear itself apart. In fact, that...
Space
Deja vu: Trump proposes cutting NASA science funding by 47% again
A proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for NASA would cut the agency's overall funding by 23% and slash its science programs by nearly half, prompting strong opposition from the space community.The Planetary Society, the world's largest independent space interest...
Science
Hair cortisol detects chronic stress in Ukraine war refugees
Cortisol in hair may be a better indicator of chronic stress in war refugees than a commonly used questionnaire, researchers reported March 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists in Denver.That’s the finding from...