Glassy gel is hard as plastic and stretches 7 times its length
[ad_1] Glassy gels are a new class of materials that are as hard as plastic but extremely stretchy Meixiang Wang, NC State University When you
Phased introductions to smartphones will help kids more than bans
[ad_1] “Get phones out of schools.” “Social media is toxic for teenagers.” Messages like these are flying around the globe and seem to have reached
Saturn’s moon Titan is experiencing coastal erosion from methane seas
[ad_1] The liquid hydrocarbon seas of Titan may have waves NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho Craggy coastlines appear to have been carved out by waves
We finally know why some people seem immune to catching covid-19
[ad_1] Volunteers have been exposed to the coronavirus that causes covid-19 as part of a scientific study koto_feja/GETTY Deliberately exposing people to the coronavirus behind
Titan arum: Rare corpse flower that stinks of rotting flesh blooms at Kew Gardens
[ad_1] The corpse flower at Kew Gardens on 18 June Sebstian Kettley/RBG Kew This stunning but stinky bloom of a corpse flower unfurled on 18
Farmland near Chernobyl nuclear reactor is finally safe to use again
[ad_1] A radiation measurement being carried out in the Chernobyl exclusion zone SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Large areas of farmland around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that are
Why herbs evolved to smell and taste so delicious
[ad_1] What gives culinary herbs like lavender such strong strong scents and tastes? Shutterstock/Kalina Georgieva The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild
The truth about social media and screen time’s impact on young people
[ad_1] “Get off your phone!” Most parents will have found themselves yelling some version of this at their offspring – often to be met with
Driverless cars are mostly safer than humans – but worse at turns
[ad_1] A self-driving car in downtown San Francisco Jason Doiy Photography/Getty Images One of the largest accident studies yet suggests self-driving cars may be safer
Pluto and the largest moon of Neptune might be siblings
[ad_1] Triton, left, and Pluto (not shown to scale) may be long-lost siblings JPL/NASA//Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,