Why carbon monoxide could appeal to the discerning doper
CARBON MONOXIDE is best-known as a poison. Each year around 30,000 people worldwide die from exposure to the gas, which can b...
A sophisticated civilisation once flourished in the Amazon basin
In northern Bolivia, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, lies a savannah called the Llanos de Moxos. This is the stamping-g...
Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding
When Norman Borlaug moved to Mexico in 1944, 60% of the wheat consumed in the country was imported. The government wanted to ...
Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?
THE LAST commercial supersonic flight was BA002, from New York to London, on October 24th 2003. Blake Scholl, boss of Boom Su...
Should you worry about microplastics?
Ever since Austrian scientists first began looking for them in people in 2018, microplastics have turned up in the blood, lun...
Wasps stole genes from viruses
PEOPLE DOMESTICATED sheep and cattle, wheat and maize. Wasps domesticated viruses. And, just as domesticating other species h...
Can you breathe stress away?
SEVERAL TIMES a day groups of young-professional types gather at 7Breaths, a meditation studio in central London, simply to b...