Novice - Znanost (angleščina)

Climate change can disturb the accuracy of trees’ biological clocks
03. April 2024 (23:00)
Trees use circadian genes to time photosynthesis and reproduction – but as temperatures rise, the clocks may not work as well (New Scientist)
Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries
03. April 2024 (21:00)
A surge of mining in some African countries for materials used to make green energy technologies puts gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos at risk (New Scientist)
Banning smartphones is tempting but it won't solve anxiety in children
03. April 2024 (20:00)
Anxiety is on the rise in young people but we need to follow the science - and the causes aren't clearly linked to social media (New Scientist)
I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing
03. April 2024 (20:00)
I have two degrees in astronomy, so you'd think I would know what I'm doing when it comes to looking at the sky. I don't, but I'm trying to change that, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (New Scientist)
Why it is time for a longevity revolution
03. April 2024 (20:00)
With global life expectancy now exceeding 70 years old, we need to change how we age, not how long we age, says Andrew Scott (New Scientist)
Life’s vital chemistry may have begun in hot, cracked rock
03. April 2024 (18:00)
Amino acids and other molecules important to the origin of life can be enriched within networks of rocky fractures, which would have been common on the early Earth (New Scientist)
Microsoft and Quantinuum’s quantum computer may be most reliable yet
03. April 2024 (16:00)
A quantum computer built by Quantinuum uses “logical quantum bits” designed by Microsoft to run simple computational routines with an unprecedented level of reliability (New Scientist)
Laser-powered licence plates could help avoid satellite collisions
03. April 2024 (15:11)
It can be difficult to identify satellites that have lost power, increasing the risk of a dangerous collision in space, but licence plates could be a solution (New Scientist)
Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based 'mirror test'
03. April 2024 (02:01)
Garter snakes may recognise their own scent and react differently when it is altered, hinting at self-awareness in reptiles (New Scientist)
Babies recognise spoken nursery rhymes they heard in the uterus
02. April 2024 (23:00)
Previous research suggests that babies can recognise nursery rhymes that were sung to them while they were in the uterus. Now, scientists have found they also seem to remember nursery rhymes that are spoken with no tune   (New Scientist)