As I push down the red airlock and step into our space station, I wonder: Will I eventually lose my mind and have to be pulled out? After all, in the popular television series For All Mankind, one of the first astronauts to live on the Moon for an extended period of time does just… Read More »
Leading rural organizations have warned that rural areas are being cut off due to mobile phone networks losing their 3G signal. The UK’s mobile networks have begun shutting down 3G services that allow people to use the internet in preparation for the rollout of 5G. But Ofcom data shows 7 per cent of Britain, almost… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Total solar eclipses have come and gone, but skygazers have reason to continue looking up; The meteor shower will peak this week just before the full moon rises. The bright orb may steal some of… Read More »
Editor’s Note: CNN Films “Blue Carbon: The Hidden Power of Nature” takes viewers from the mangroves of Vietnam to the salt marshes of France to investigate a powerful new ally in the fight to slow climate change. It will premiere on Sunday, April 21st at 9pm ET/PT. An oceanfront startup in western Singapore is building… Read More »
Louisiana’s flagship university will let an oil company emphasize faculty research activities in exchange for $5 million. Or for $100,000, a company can participate in a research study with “robust” review powers and access to all resulting intellectual property rights. Those are the terms outlined in a standard document that Louisiana State University’s fundraising arm… Read More »
NHS patients’ private medical records can be accessed online with just a few mouse clicks and basic internet knowledge. And thousands more of these records could soon be released after a sinister hacker group stole a large cache of documents from NHS Dumfries and Galloway last month. The group, called INC Ransom, obtained 3TB worth… Read More »
Prof Claudia de Rham is a theoretical physicist at Imperial College London, developing and testing “new models and paradigms” at the intersection of gravity, cosmology and particle physics. He just published his first book The Beauty of Falling: A Life Chasing GravityTraining as an astronaut, diver and pilot, he describes his lifelong struggle to understand… Read More »
Amazon has struggled to defend its corporate image for years, as media reports claimed delivery drivers urinated in bottles, warehouse workers endured crushing demands, and aggressive tactics slashed margins at its own retail partners. In a completely unauthorized portrayal of the retail giant, The War of Everything: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and… Read More »
WELCOME TO Behind the Lens, a feature spotlighting the talented photographers in our Guardian Camera Club group. This week Julie Webb shares some of her favorite photos. Julie, who lives in Hartford, has been carrying a camera for as long as she can remember and has been lucky enough to photograph some spectacular sights, but… Read More »