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Tag Archives: February 2022
Cover Previews: Science Magazine – February 4
Preview: The Florentine Magazine – February 2022
Previews: New Scientist Magazine – February 5
COVER STORIES
- CULTUREClimate fiction has come of age – and these fabulous books show why
- FEATURESDo we create space-time? A new perspective on the fabric of reality
- FEATURESChristopher Jackson interview: How geologists can fight climate change
- FEATURESInteroception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health
- NEWS160,000-year-old fossil may be the first Denisovan skull we’ve found
- NEWSSome bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens
- NEWS
Cover Preview: Nature Magazine – February 3
Morning News: French Election Polls, Soaring Debt, Saudi Weddings
In the first instalment of the series, we unveil our forecast model and visit one of the quiet suburbs where the vote’s outcome will probably be decided.
Debt has soared as borrowing costs stayed low; we examine who will foot the enormous interest bills as rates rise. And the one place where marriages increased in the pandemic era.
Front Covers: The New York Times – February 3
Science: Water Flow And Quantum Friction, Super Soap Bubbles, Hippos
How quantum friction explains water’s strange flows in carbon nanotubes, and the latest from the Nature Briefing.
In this episode:
00:53 A theory for water’s baffling behaviour in carbon nanotubes
At large scales, water flows faster through a wider pipe than a narrower one. However, in tiny carbon nanotubes flow-rate is flipped, with water moving faster through the narrowest channels. This week, researchers have come up with a new explanation for this phenomenon: quantum friction. If validated, it could allow material designers to fine-tune flows through tiny channels, which could be useful in processes such as water purification.
Research Article: Kavokine et al.
06:43 Research Highlights
Creating soap bubbles that last 200,000 times longer, and hippos’ habit of aggressively spraying dung when they hear a stranger.
Research Highlight: No bursting for these record-breaking bubbles
Research Highlight: Hippos know strangers’ voices — and make a filthy reply
09:08 Briefing Chat
We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, a global study reveals how antibiotic-resistant infections have led to millions of deaths, and a genetic mutation that plays a big role in a dog’s size.
Nature News: The staggering death toll of drug-resistant bacteria
Nature News: Big dog, little dog: mutation explains range of canine sizes
Nature Video:
Preview: Times Literary Supplement – February 4
Morning News: NATO’s Resurgence, Italy Elects A President, Nuns On TikTok
Our correspondent speaks with Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary-general, who says the alliance’s involvement in de-escalating Russia tensions is a sign of its resurgent relevance.
After tortuous votes, Italy’s lawmakers elected a president: the incumbent who did not want the job. No posts have changed, but the political balance surely has. And we meet the nuns racking up followers on TikTok.
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