Month: August 2015

A magnet levitating on top of a superconductor. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A Hydrogen-Based Superconductor First Predicted in 1968 Comes to Life

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/08/2015

The work of Eremets & Drozdov was indirectly assisted...

Mars, as Seen Through Indian Eyes

The Wire Staff 19/08/2015

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission has now been at it...

A view of the Tianjin warehouse blast site on August 13, 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Behind the Tianjin Explosions, a Simple But Deadly Chemistry

Vasudevan Mukunth 18/08/2015

Beyond the difficulty of cleaning up an area made...

A DNA representation. Credit: creativecomputer/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Government Invites Comments on DNA Profiling Bill, Even if Belatedly

Vasudevan Mukunth 18/08/2015

People have till August 20 to comment on the...

A parasited spider. Credit: Keizo Takasuka

Wasps Enslave Spiders to Weave for Them

Janaki Lenin 18/08/2015

The ill-fated arachnids serve their masters well, feeding them...

robots

We Should Not Dismiss the Dangers of ‘Killer Robots’ So Quickly

Toby Walsh 16/08/2015

Anybody criticising an arms-control proposal endorsed by such a...

A Canadian Coast Guard cutter in the Arctic Ocean, on an expedition to define the North American continental shelf. Credit: DVIDSHUB/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Truth About Politics and Cartography: Mapping Claims to the Arctic Seabed

Philip Steinberg 15/08/2015

While maps can certainly enlighten and educate, they can...