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Fresh water from sunlight
The Sun has finally got his London hat on. So to celebrate, here’s a warming story about smart scientists using solar energy to alleviate water poverty. The Middle East is almost always sunny....
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Moon birth theory holds no water
Four and half billion years ago, a meteorite the size of Mars slammed into Earth, melting the entire surface of our planet and throwing billions of tonnes of rock into space. In time, the ejected...
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When Business and Health Collide: Bhopal, India 1984
BY JOSEPH MALONE In 1969, as part of the “green revolution” in India, Union Carbide established a chemical plant in Bhopal to manufacture the pesticide Carbaryl. It contained the lethal compound Methyl...
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A world bubbling over with bubbles
The most recent financial crisis caused by the housing bubble, which popped as subprime mortgages in the US and many Western European countries defaulted, has been having dramatic consequences in many...
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1932: Physics goes “Anti”– Part II
In the same year as Anderson’s experiment demonstrated the existence of antimatter, another oft-overlooked discovery was made. William and Alun Hughes published an article on Nature in which they...
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Pure Water Can KIll You
Fact of the day #1 Drinking absolutely pure water can kill you. All the water we normally drink – from taps, from bottles, from the garden hose – contains impurities which affect a property of water...
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Sub-Surface Life?
This article is taken from the Winter 2011 issue of I, Science magazine Antonio Torrisi uncovers the secrets held by the mysterious Lake Vostok, Antarctica’s as-yet unexplored sub-surface lake. The...
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Science Behind the Photo #39
With thanks to Adair Farrar The San Juan River Goosenecks State Park in Utah, USA, overlooks a deep meander of the San Juan River, a 600-km-long tributary of the Colorado River. One of the best...
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Dealing with Soggy Summers
Despite it being July, and officially British summer time, it still feels like October. This is the wettest summer in living memory and it has started to feel as if the rain will never stop. However,...
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News Round-Up: New Moon, Solar Windows, ‘Green’ Algae, Namibian Water
Pluto’s fifth moon discovered Image: Hubblesite A new moon has been found orbiting Pluto, bringing the number of satellites known around the former planet to five. P5 – the moon’s temporary designation...
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Residents Lead the Way
Residents lead the way in restoring the River Wandle Bright and early on a June weekend morning, volunteers in a park in South London are pulling on waders, grabbing litter pickers, and slipping their...
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The Thames: Back from the Dead?
Dead fish after an overflow event. Image: Thames Anglers Conservancy. There once was a time when the Thames was teeming with life. Otters, eels, and even salmon were abundant. But time has not been...
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Exploring ice
As a chilly winter comes to a close, find out more about the fascinating properties of ice ...
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Goggle vision
The world below the waves came into focus with the invention of the humble swimming goggles ...
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Sahara thirst: water or wee?
The extreme dehydration that one race runner suffered after getting lost in a desert storm ...
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Evolution’s Top Six Super Adaptations
From the ingenious to the ridiculous: Hannah Wilson describes startling super biological adaptations
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New Atlantis: interview with artist Kat Austen
Kat Austen, chemist-turned-artist,tells us why she's drowning little people in her bath in a new science-based immersive theatre experience
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Rosetta data provides new insight on the origin of Earth’s water
It has long been hypothesised that Earth’s water originated from comets, but new data from the ESA’s Rosetta may indicate otherwise
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Changing ourselves
From hammerstones to biotechnology: Lizzie Norris looks at the engineering that has helped us to increase our lifespan and improve our quality of life.
View ArticleWater: The strangest molecule in the Universe
Water is the most every day of substances, but on closer examination it also one of the strangest. To celebrate the launch of his latest book, Alok Jha will tell the story of this fascinating molecule...
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