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Kenneth Libbrecht interview: A grand unified theory of snowflakes
Courtesy of Kenneth Libbrecht SNOWFALL in Pasadena, California, is so rare, it’s almost unheard of. Except, that is, at the California Institute of Technology, where Kenneth Libbrecht can conjure it up using the world’s most sophisticated snowflake-making equipment. As a physicist, Libbrecht has tackled some fairly epic questions, like the nature of gravitational waves and…
COP28: Countries agree on how to fund climate ‘loss and damage’
A flooded street in Beledweyne, Somalia, in November Abuukar Mohamed Muhidin/Anadolu via Getty Images The world has agreed to key details of a loss and damage fund on the first day of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, allaying fears that the issue would unravel negotiations on other urgent issues at the…
Long covid: What we now know about its causes and possible treatments
FOR many of us, the covid-19 pandemic is fading into memory. But for millions of people, that isn’t possible as they are still unwell. An illness that is often brief and mild is, for some, the start of a rollercoaster of symptoms that can last years. Today, around 65 million people may have long covid….
Green accounting: How counting the true cost of cheap food could make a better world
IN THESE difficult times, it seems utterly bananas to say that food is underpriced. In the UK, average grocery bills have risen by more than 12 per cent in the past year. But it is. The price tags on food are way lower – by about two-thirds – than what they would be if we…
Axions: The wonder particles that could solve more than just dark matter
IN 1977, physicist Frank Wilczek took a walk that would change the course of particle physics forever. “On that walk, I had the germs of two really good ideas,” he recalls. The first was how a theoretical particle, later dubbed the Higgs boson, might interact with other particles. This would be how the Higgs was…
The best science picture books for your coffee table in 2023
Entangled Life (Illustrated)Merlin Sheldrake (Bodley Head) Following 2020’s smash hit Entangled Life, mycologist Merlin Sheldrake returns just in time for Christmas with a stunning illustrated edition. At over 240 pages, Sheldrake’s passion and knowledge leaps off every spread. From the microscopic to the majestic, the colour images create an entertaining and enchanting experience. …
Killing pigeons ‘not in their best interests’, find pigeon ethicists
Best interests at heart? Feedback is fascinated by the final eight words in this statement: “Disadvantages include the competitive element associated with racing, which creates a strong incentive to kill birds where this is not in their best interests.” The statement appears in a study called “The ethics of pigeon racing” by Jan Deckers and…
Paris climate goal of less than 2°C of warming is within our grasp
WHEN the 2015 Paris Agreement anchored the goal to keep global warming “well below 2°C“, most people I spoke with at the time thought it was dead on arrival. I was at the COP21 summit in France and, despite the can-do spirit, many people felt achieving this was effectively impossible. Conventional wisdom says we are…
The 13 best new science fiction books of 2023
This year’s sci-fi spans many genres, and is often tinged with noir Artur Debat/Getty Images OUT of ideas for a gift? However your friends or family see life, you can be sure that this year’s crop of science fiction contains a gift (or even a gift set) that will confirm their world view. The pessimist in…
How to perfectly wrap gifts of all shapes and sizes using maths
WRAPPING gifts in paper involves converting a 2D shape into a 3D one, which presents plenty of geometrical challenges. Mathematics can help with this, in particular by making sure that you are using just the right amount of paper, with no wastage. When you are dealing with a box-shaped gift, you might already wrap the…