Fiscal implications of global decarbonization
Internationally coordinated climate mitigation policies can effectively put the world on a path toward achieving the agreed Paris temperature goals. Such coordination could be initiated by large players,
United States Of America (US)
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Computers set to conquer language barriers
Computers are poised to make it possible for people to speak to each other in their own languages.
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The halo is hotter than the star
An astrophysicist tries to explain why, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics, the corona is hotter than the Sun.
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AIDS drug trial leaves bitter taste behind
AIDS victims the world over are dismayed by the discovery that taking azidothymidine as soon as HIV infection is confirmed does not delay death any further than if they took it after symptoms develop.
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Playing Lego with molecules
Scientists are trying to make designer solids substances whose molecules they assemble according to a predetermined plan
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Inducing cell death to fight cancer
Some scientists claim tumours might be formed because cells refuse to die and not because they multiply at a high rate.
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Switch on the window, please
Windows that change from clear to dark and back at the flick of a switch are set to make air conditioning systems redundant in buildings, thereby saving considerable power.
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A sea invasion
AN AQUATIC army of American origin has invaded the Black Sea and is wreaking havoc on the fisheries there. Small jellyfish-like, tentacled creatures called ctenophores arrived there in 1982, hiding
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Pudgy babies have the edge
Recent studies indicate that the greater the weight of babies at birth, the less prone they are to heart disease during their riotous adult years
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Eating oil
Fertilisers accelerate growth not only in plants but also in certain microbes that feast on oil
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Methane's metal link
Fresh evidence suggests that the presence of certain metals is essential for the natural production of methane