Different Science Different Science
Butler prescient science Scientific research Information International Space Station Live Scientific research Earth Imperial University London cells patrols

Butler prescient science


Re-engineering where body meets machine

Re-engineering where body meets machine

As a Black woman born in West Virginia in 1922, she was a contemporary of the Hidden Figures mathematician Katherine Johnson, and like her peer, Collins contended with both racism and sexism, which impeded her efforts to participate equally in the sciences and in society.


A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront

A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront

Likewise, Franklin’s political views were dynamic — he argued forcefully that the colonies should remain loyal to Britain before embracing the calls for independence.


A single enzyme can alter the vibrant colors in parrot plumage

A single enzyme can alter the vibrant colors in parrot plumage

Previous research showed that a different enzyme called PKS makes red aldehyde-based psittacofulvins, says Joseph Corbo, a biologist and neuropathologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.


Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

“When you deal with the scientific revolution, the triumph of the Copernican worldview, we know the big names,” says computational scientist Jürgen Renn of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany, who was not involved in the new work.


The ‘Does It Fly?’ podcast separates fact from science fiction

The ‘Does It Fly?’ podcast separates fact from science fiction

That’s the premise — and tone — of the entertaining podcast Does It Fly?, hosted by astrophysicist and “mad scientist” (his words) Hakeem Oluseyi and actress, writer and “pop culture expert” Tamara Krinsky.


Saving Mexico’s fir forests could help monarch butterflies

Saving Mexico’s fir forests could help monarch butterflies

Local foresters from the Indigenous community in Calimaya planted oyamel fir seedlings on the Nevado de Toluca volcano in central Mexico as part of an experiment to see if the trees crucial to monarch butterflies’ survival can thrive in new locations.


Can furry pets get H5N1 bird flu and spread it to us?

Can furry pets get H5N1 bird flu and spread it to us?

A large team of university researchers from Iowa, Texas and Kansas shared this conclusion in the July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.


A thousands-year-old log demonstrates how burying wood can fight climate change

A thousands-year-old log demonstrates how burying wood can fight climate change

If the conditions that preserved the Canadian log can be replicated — which is still unclear — buried biomass from discarded wood and sustainable harvesting could sequester up to 10 gigatons of carbon annually, the researchers estimate.


This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics

This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics

For instance, Ophir automated his analysis of over 5,000 articles about the H1N1, Ebola and Zika epidemics in four major newspapers: the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Wall Street Journal.


Painful paper cuts, predicted by science

Painful paper cuts, predicted by science

She loves physics for its ability to reveal the secret rules about how stuff works, from tiny atoms to the vast cosmos.


Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower

Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower

In the opening to Octavia E. Butler's prescient science fiction novel Parable of the Sower, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to Lauren Olamina and start to learn about the dystopian future her story takes place in