Quick fixes on stereotypes won’t mean more female scientists
Some differences in academic performance in scientific subjects are put down to people conforming to invalid gender stereotypes. But the case is far from clear (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Black hole pairs spat out of mosh pits make gravitational waves
The pair of black holes responsible for the first ever detected gravitational wave may have been spat out of a mosh pit at the centre of a globular star cluster (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground
Simulations show that just a single out-of-place atom is enough to ruin the famed strength of carbon nanotubes, so using them to build a space elevator seems unlikely
(Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
‘Monkey archaeology’ reveals macaque’s own Stone Age culture
One of the first digs searching for stone tools used by monkeys has unearthed evidence that promises to change the way we study the evolution of tool use (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 10, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
No, eating baby food is not a solution to the obesity epidemic
An extreme version of the faddish baby food diet is nutritionally risky and should be rejected, not glamorised, says Anthony Warner
(Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 10, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
The bizarre beauty of the objects that might save your life
Close-ups of hospital equipment showcase the strange contraptions that have been used throughout European medical history (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Feedback: Uranus land-grabbers have their heads in the clouds
Plus the animal whose urine smells like peanut satay, a philosophy professor named Plato, who is stinky Alex?, an arousing spar of malachite, and more (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Souped-up ‘gene drives’ may help eliminate pests and diseases
Gene drives might not work well enough to eradicate Zika or malaria, but an improved version of the technology may help them deliver on their promise (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
‘Three-parent baby’ success could see trials in two years
Scientists have overcome a key hurdle in a controversial 'three-parent' fertility treatment approved for use in the UK – paving the way for human trials (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Mystery human hobbits ruled tiny Asian island 700,000 years ago
New jaw and skull bone fossils found on the island of Flores back the idea that the hobbit was a mini Homo erectus, only adapted to island life much earlier than we imagined
(Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
How the sun abducted dwarf planets from an alien solar system
The weird orbits of some bodies in the outer solar system reveal they are booty from an interstellar smash and grab raid, says astronomer Simon Portegies Zwart (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Algorithm knows when corporate money is pushing memes online
Did that tweet go viral because it was popular - or did it get a boost from corporate backers? An algorithm can tell the difference (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps
Zeolites – volcanic minerals that easily trap and release gases – could be responsible for the burps of methane that occasionally come from the Red Planet (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Four new element names to be added to the periodic table
Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 will likely now be known as nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: chemistry Source Type: research
Let’s revisit the consensus on fat, carbs and health
The row over dietary fat exposes deeper problems. If science doesn't come clean when the facts aren't clear, we may give up trying to lead a healthy life (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
