How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (includes helpful recipe)? How long does it take to digest different types of food? What...

WHY GENERAL RELATIVITY LEAVES UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE COSMOSA little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. He...

Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions...

Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald...

THE MIND-BENDING WORLD OF QUANTUM THEORYQuantum theory is our very best description of the microscopic world of atoms and their constituents. It has given us lasers, computers and nuclear reactors, and even tells us how the sun shines...

WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU? The brain has long been a source of fascination. In 1819, the radical thinker and surgeon William Lawrence put it like this: "It is strongly suspected that a Newton or Shakespeare excels other mortals only... by...

Witzig, absurd und ungewöhnlich: wissenschaftliche Kuriositäten, die uns die Welt aus neuer Perspektive zeigen. Wie lange kann man nur von Bier leben? Warum ist es am Südpol kälter als am Nordpol? Wie viele Organismenarten leben auf dem...

The Universe Next Door von New Scientist

A debunking of misconceptions about the nature of the human body as distinct from animal bodies, as presented by the team at "New Scientist". von New Scientist

Why the Universe Exists von New Scientist

The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a...

The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is.Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was...