Space 14 September 2020 By Leah Crane An unusual gas has been spotted in the clouds of Venusdotted zebra / Alamy The clouds of Venus may contain life. Some 50 to 60 kilometres above the surface, there are small quantities of phosphine gas, a substance that is present in Earth’s atmosphere because it is produced…
Space 10 July 2020 By Jonathan O’Callaghan Moving a star is no easy taskAnthony Brown / Alamy Advanced alien civilisations could build a machine capable of moving a star – and we might be able to catch them in action. The idea, thought up by Alexander Svoronos at Yale University, is called a Star Tug…
Social media algorithms love challenges with a number. I, for one, can’t get enough of the viral 12-3-30 treadmill workout (walking at 12% incline, at a speed of 3 miles per hour, for 30 minutes). I’ve yet to dabble in any others, but there’s a new one circulating that I’m tempted to take for a
Editors note: Doralice Goes, a Brazilian public servant, visited an organic products fair in her home city of Brasília in Federal District, on Dec. 31, 2021. Among the artisanal products was a tomato and almond pesto sauce. The 49-year-old stored it in her pantry and, 23 days later, on a Sunday night, opened the sauce
Another outbreak was traced to the consumption and handling of meat Published: February 23, 2026, 12:05 am Researchers have shared details of an outbreak at a funeral in Uganda that killed three young people. Aeromonas bacteria can cause food poisoning with an incubation period of 12 hours to seven days, typically 24 to 48 hours. In February 2024