Going nowhereGetty Images By Chelsea WhyteUber and Lyft drivers are on strike to demand regulated fares and livable wages, in the lead-up to Uber’s initial public offering on the stock exchange on 10 May. Now there is some more bad news for these services: they haven’t lived up to claims of reducing traffic congestion. In…
Environment 8 May 2019 The Three Gorges Dam is a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze River, ChinaWang Gang/Xinhua/Alamy Live News By Adam VaughanNearly two thirds of the world’s longest rivers have had their flow tampered by humans in the form of dams, reservoirs and other forms of water engineering. A boom in hydropower is…
The rise of vaping has seen tobacco firms revisit an old cigarette alternative, but the health benefits are far from clear Health 8 May 2019 The IQOS heat-not-burn device is stored in a charger that resembles a cigarette caseREUTERS/Toru Hanai By Graham LawtonFIRST there were smokers. Then there were vapers. Now there is a tribe…
Health 8 May 2019 Will genetic data inspire healthy lifestyle changes in Finland?Tessa Bunney/In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty By Adam VaughanThousands of people in Finland will soon find out their genetic risk of developing common conditions such as type 2 diabetes, in a national bid to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. Many countries are beginning to…
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Ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes devised a way to find prime numbersINTERFOTO / Alamy Stock Photo By Donna LuPRIME numbers may have been studied for over 2000 years, but there is always something new to learn. A method for finding primes first devised by the ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes in 240 BC has had a 21st…
A radio mode could help cut carbon emissions associated with YouTubeNetPhotos/Alamy Stock Photo By Donna LuHuge amounts of energy are needed to power the servers and networks that let YouTube viewers watch more than one billion hours of video every day. Based on estimates of the electric energy used to provide YouTube videos globally in…
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A stint in space goes to your headNASA By Leah CraneGoing to space changes your brain. Astronauts who have spent months in microgravity have more liquid in their brains, which may affect their vision even after they get back home. On Earth, gravity pulls all your bodily fluids down towards your feet. In space, that’s…
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