Riviste scientifiche

It might sound daunting, but fermentation can be used to make hot sauces packed with flavourful compounds, says Sam Wong

An intriguing documentary about the life and adventures of Ranulph Fiennes, one of the last hero-explorers of our time, packs an altogether different punch at the end, discovers Simon Ings

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Scary movies really get under our skin, but why is this the case and how do film-makers know what will scare us? A new book has some interesting answers

Space-time isn't expanding into anything because general relativity is what we call a background independent theory. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein sets out to explain what this means

Feedback investigates the powerful reach of a proprietary condiment, while also looking into the chess robot that broke its opponent’s finger - and a disturbing update to the latest Sims video game

Never has the need for a public information campaign been so great, not only to educate people about the climate emergency, but also to flag what they can do to mitigate its impact, says Bill McGuire

The challenge of reintroducing near-extinct species to countries that have been affected by conflict adds complexity to Millie Kerr's rewilding story

Being continuously exposed to 4°C (39°F) for 20 days inhibited tumour growth and improved the survival of mice with five different types of cancerous cells

Use of an artificial blood substitute can reverse cell damage caused by lack of oxygen and could make more organs available for transplants, treat heart attacks and strokes and even reverse death

CRISPR gene editing has been used to try to prevent a genetic disorder in dogs for the first time, in this case a common condition called hip dysplasia

Much of the world’s first writing, carved into clay tablets, remains undeciphered. Now AI is helping us piece together this ancient Mesopotamian script, revealing the incredible stories of men, women and children at the dawn of history

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take the most detailed image yet of Earendel, the most distant individual star we have ever seen

Regardless of disease severity, people who have lingering smell loss after covid-19 are more likely to have cognitive problems than those who regain or never lose their sense of smell

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of the Cartwheel galaxy, which got its weird wheel-like shape when a smaller galaxy crashed through it

It may be possible to use the brightest events in the universe, gamma ray bursts, to measure cosmic distances – which could help researchers figure out the universe’s structure

The best way to mix together two liquids – like milk and coffee – is by moving two pentagonal stirrers in a jagged motion

In one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas, local children raising mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria in margarine tubs are a key part of Brazil’s most successful ever initiative against infectious disease

A fire weather index, which estimates how conducive weather conditions are for wildfires, was at its highest ever level as grass fires raged on the UK's hottest day

Geologist Ludovic Ferrière travels the world in search of undiscovered impact craters left behind by asteroids and comets striking Earth. He tells us how he finds them