In November 1953, the Nationaltheater in Mannheim, Germany, staged a new opera, the composer Boris Blacher’s…
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Unshackle schools from test results to give children the chance to form opinions
If political headlines globally are anything to go by, it seems democracy is at risk. Totalitarian…
Did a large meteorite hit the earth 12,800 years ago? Here's new evidence
Just less than 13,000 years ago, the climate cooled for a short while in many parts…
Why are there no animals with three legs?
If “Why?” is the first question in science, “Why not?” must be a close second. Sometimes…
Image: Hera logo aboard ISS
The logo for Hera, ESA’s proposed asteroid mission for planetary defense, has already reached space, thanks…
An ultra-fast optical way to extract critical information from quantum materials
Topological insulators are quantum materials, which, due to their exotic electronic structure, on surfaces and edges…
Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy
Energy is a quantity that must always be positive—at least that’s what our intuition tells us.…
Elon Musk's Starship may be more moral catastrophe than bold step in space exploration
Elon Musk, founder of private space-faring company SpaceX, recently unveiled his new Starship craft. Amazingly, it…
New 3-D printing technique for biomaterials
A new way of 3-D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major…
Chimpanzees are being killed by poachers – researchers like us are on the frontline protecting them
On a sunny day in early August 2019, screams broke the calm of a national park…