The Mars InSight drill hits a rock, twins that are neither fraternal nor identical, a second man cured of HIV, and the origins of Titan’s atmosphere.
SoT 290: There’s No Fuel Gauge
- March 29, 2018
- Tagged as: astrophysics, birds, China, conservation, cosmology, DNA, exoplanets, genetics, Kepler, media, NASA, space debris, Stephen Hawking, twins
Remembering Stephen Hawking, space twins are still human, a parrot comeback, a plummeting space station and Kepler running on empty.
SoT 280: The 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes
- November 8, 2017
- Tagged as: anatomy, bats, biology, cats, cave insects, cheese, coffee, cognition, crocodiles, didgeridoo, ears, economics, fetus, fluid dynamics, foetus, Ig Nobel, improbable, medicine, music, nutrition, obstetrics, peace, penis, physics, snoring, twins, vagina, vampire bats
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour achievements that first make us laugh, then make us think. We take a look at this year’s winners: from cats in jars to disgusting cheese!
SoT 172: It’s Really Far
- December 23, 2014
- Tagged as: asteroid, astronomy, Brigmanite, Ceres, comet, Dawn, DNA, DNA tests, forensics, geology, meteorite, minerals, minor planet, New Horizons, pasteurisation, pluto, raw milk, Rosetta, twins, water on Earth
Rosetta gives clues to Earth’s water’s origins, one of the most common minerals in our planet, New Horizons and Dawn to visit minor planets, DNA tests for twins, and the dangers of raw milk.
Some misreported science stories this week. Do hurricanes with female names kill more than male hurricanes? Do men feel pain worse than women? And what can marmosets tell us about stillbirths? Plus Lyme disease in ancient ticks, and the controversial STAP papers finally retracted.