A Space Age “tragedy of the commons” is unfolding right under our nose—or, really, right over our head—and no consensus yet exists on how to stop it. For more than a half-century, humans have been hurling objects into low-Earth orbit in ever growing numbers. And with few meaningful limitations on further launches into that increasingly
By Matthew Sparkes A smartphone’s motion sensor could help identify contaminated water dcphoto / Alamy The vibrations from an iPhone’s ringtone can be used to measure the viscosity of a liquid, which could allow it to detect whether water is polluted, or test for kidney conditions and pregnancy by measuring the levels of protein or
To make some of the most precise measurements we can of the world around us, scientists tend to go small – right down to the atomic scale, using a technique called atom interferometry. Now, for the first time, scientists have performed this kind of measurement in space, using a sounding rocket specially designed to
A series of newly surfaced images and videos of unidentified flying objects filmed by the US Navy have now been confirmed as authentic by the Pentagon. While many in the public generally refer to such mysterious sightings as UFOs, the more modern term used in defense circles is ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena‘ (UAPs) – and they’re
OM NOM NOM. Source link Mark KleinmanMark Kleinman is city editor, breaking major business stories and analysing what they mean for the financial sector. He has revealed some of the biggest stories in the city in the past decade, with a string of exclusives about major takeover deals. Before joining Sky, he was City Editor
You may not give a pile of bat poop gathered over 4,300 years a second look – but to a group of scientists, it’s provided an intriguing insight into how bat diets and therefore climate conditions have shifted over thousands of years. Taller than the average man (2 meters or 6-and-a-half feet), the pile
