Planet spotted orbiting Barnard’s star just 6 light years away
[ad_1] Artist’s impression of Barnard’s star b, a planet in orbit around Barnard’s star ESO/M. Kornmesser One of the sun’s closest neighbours, Barnard’s star, appears
The best new sci-fi this month featuring an Alan Moore epic and a Blake Crouch reissue
[ad_1] Tim Winton’s new novel Juice is being compared to the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven and The Road Buena Vista Images/Getty Images We science fiction fans
Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common
[ad_1] Tiny foraminifera shells can help us understand the future of El Niño Scenics & Science/Alamy A reconstruction of Pacific Ocean temperatures 21,000 years ago,
Useful quantum computers are edging closer with recent milestones
[ad_1] An exhibition model of IBM’s Q System One quantum computer Misha Friedman/Getty Images Despite all the hype around quantum computers, they are still far
Sophie Koudmani: The astrophysicist unravelling the origins of supermassive black holes
[ad_1] Supermassive black holes are, as you might expect, rather large – millions and sometimes billions of times as massive as the sun. They lurk
How 'river piracy' made Mount Everest grow even taller
[ad_1] Rapid erosion caused by a geological act of “piracy” tens of thousands of years ago may have raised Earth’s crust and elevated Mount Everest
Here’s how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans
[ad_1] Coral after an episode of bleaching fadhlanbr/Shutterstock Coral reefs may be more capable of adapting to hotter and more acidic oceans than we thought,
The chemistry behind making a perfect caramel sauce
[ad_1] Great British Bake Off finalist Josh Smalley’s swiss roll, topped with caramel sauce David Stock Salty, nutty and irresistibly sweet, caramel can be made
Radioactive ion beam could target tumours more precisely
[ad_1] A PET scan of a mouse receiving radioactive ion beam treatment. The edges of the tumour are marked with a red line and the
CBD shows promise as pesticide for mosquitoes
[ad_1] Mosquito larvae die after consuming hemp leaves because they react strongly to the cannabidiol in the foliage. The discovery might lead to the development