Science & Technology

‘Off-Earth’ asks how to build a better future in space

Off-EarthErika NesvoldMIT Press, $27.95 Astrophysicist Erika Nesvold once asked an executive of a company aiming to mine the moon how…

A hormone shot helped drunk mice sober up quickly

The only cure to being drunk is to wait it out. But that might not always be the case: Injecting…

Red Eye – Der actiongeladene Thriller erhält eine 4K-Fassung (inkl. Gewinnspiel)

Auch im März liefert Paramount (Öffnet sich in einem neuen Tab) einmal mehr einige Neuauflagen zu älteren Filmveröffentlichungen, die in…

A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu

Uracil, a building block of life, has been found on the asteroid Ryugu. Yasuhiro Oba and colleagues discovered the precursor…

Sleeping sickness is nearing elimination. An experimental drug could help

The patient arrived at the hospital one hot night in Masi-Manimba, an agricultural town unfurled along the Democratic Republic of…

U.S. cases of a deadly fungus nearly doubled in recent years

A fungus that recently evolved to infect humans is spreading rapidly in health care facilities in the United States and…

The mystery of Christiaan Huygens’ flawed telescopes may have been solved

17th century scientist Christiaan Huygens set his sights on faraway Saturn, but he may have been nearsighted. Huygens is known,…

310-million-year-old fossil blobs might not be jellyfish after all

What do you get when you flip a fossilized “jellyfish” upside down? The answer, it turns out, might be an…

By flying over atmospheric rivers, scientists aim to improve forecasts

The term “atmospheric river” may sound airy and ethereal, but these massive, fast-moving, drenching storms can hit as hard as…

Bei IKEA gibt es jetzt Bluetooth-Lautsprecher für die Dusche

IKEA hat uns schon seit einiger Zeit mit seinen Audio-Produkten begeistert – man denke nur an den Plattenspieler in Zusammenarbeit…