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Wouldn’t it be much better if the Russians could be great friends with us in the West? It’s in our mutual interests, especially with the shared challenges we face together, yet we are getting ever more deeply locked in mutual antagonism and there is a risk that the war in Ukraine might escalate out of … Read more

A cognitive bias, the “illusion of causality,” has been explored by a joint team of scientists who found that the bias isn’t limited to false beliefs about whatever was originally learned; later on, the bias can prevent new information from being learned — even when the original information is false and the newer information is … Read more

MADRID, Spain — AENA, the world’s largest airport operator, has been floated on the stock market in Madrid. Josè Manuel Vargas, the company’s CEO, indicated in an interview with the Financial Times that the company’s entry onto the stock market preceded a wider move towards a more global reach for the company. However, while the … Read more

A type of African fish that lives for only 4-6 months — ideally suited to its perpetually disappearing temporary habitat — has become a new model organism for the study of aging. Researchers at Stanford University are using new technology that allows them to edit specific genes in a series to understand some of the biggest challenges … Read more

The sixth taste has been identified — fat. Deakin University scientists put fat through a series of tests to see if it met the strict requirements of a taste, and found conclusive evidence that fat made the grade. The findings could hold new promise in the fight against obesity. “Research from animal and human studies provide … Read more

“The Self Immolators,” written in 2013 under the pen-name Day Blakely Donaldson. Rights and permissions to use material in this book: the text, including translations, can be used under the Creative Commons licence. You can reprint sections of this book, but include a line noting the source and link the text “The Self Immolators” back … Read more

The prevailing assumption about dark matter is that has no interaction with light, but European physicists who investigated a possible signature of dark matter at the edges of theM101 Pinwheel galaxy now believe that light may be interacting with dark matter to produce “light halos” — detectable glows around the edges spiral galaxies. “Dark Matter can … Read more

The number of Islamist attacks since 2001 when the World Trade Center’s twin towers collapsed has reached 25,000, according to terrorist watch group The Religion of Peace. The attacks currently occur regularly at a rate of over 200 per month around the world, so that the time at which the 25,000 mark would be reached was able to be … Read more

A 21-year-old British woman who went missing this week in Bangkok, Thailand is being sought by her Portsmouth family. The woman is feared to have been using drugs and has a history of mental illness. Her last contact with her family happened last Friday when she posted a short Facebook message. In the Facebook message, … Read more

Imagine an Apple iPhone that smells like an apple or a Blackberry that taste sweet or a Windows Touch-phone that squeezes you in mid-conversation. Scientists in London have made more progress in the now-common smartphone to make the audio-visual communication transcend tool what engineers call “the glass barrier” and create an experience that is more 4-D. … Read more