Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain’s wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published June 5 in Nature Methods, used imaging data from the Human Connectome Project to align neural activity with its underlying circuitry. Mapping how…
An artist’s impression of Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamo`oalewa, the first destination of the Tianwen-2 mission Addy Graham/University of Arizona Final preparations are under way for China to launch an uncrewed craft to visit both an asteroid and a comet, in the hope of learning more about the space rocks in our solar system. The Tianwen-2 mission…
We have confirmation that a strange plant is orbiting between two stars Aaron Alien/Shutterstock After years of observation, researchers finally understand how a pair of stars can maintain a stable orbital dance with an elusive planet. In 2004, David Ramm at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand spotted a mysterious repeating signal while observing…
The orbits of a potential dwarf planet called 2017 OF201 and the dwarf planet Sedna Tony Dunn A potential dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of our solar system, orbiting beyond Neptune. Its presence there challenges the existence of a hypothetical body known as Planet 9 or Planet X. Sihao Cheng at the…
Planting herbs with your tomatoes may lift yields and deter pests Shutterstock/Irina WS As an obsessive plant collector with little impulse control, I will take any excuse to cram a few more species into my tiny plot. So the concept of companion planting, an old belief that adding certain plants around existing crops can boost…
A statue of the saint in Cucullo, Italy, is draped with harmless local snakes Piero Castellano Every year on 1 May, San Domenico di Sora gets some spectacularly bizarre accessories. During a religious procession in the Italian village of Cocullo, a statue of the saint is adorned with harmless snakes (above). The origins of this…
A batch of Starlink satellites launched on a Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are leaking radio waves to such an extent that it could threaten our ability to study and understand the early universe, say astronomers. Interference from the thousands of Starlink satellites in orbit, where they provide a global internet service, has…
Leila Nathoo Political correspondent Christina McSorley Political producer Ed Miliband: Solar panels on new homes is just common sense Builders will be required to fit solar panels to the “vast majority” of new build homes in England under changes to be published this year, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said. The regulations will require developers…
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck during a live TV broadcast in Chile’s northern city of Copiapó. Chilean politician and presidential candidate, Carolina Toha, was speaking about her campaign proposals with two journalists when the studio began shaking. The interview was cut short as all three quickly left the studio as the tremors continued, knocking…
Actor and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger has told the BBC people should “stop whining” about US President Donald Trump’s approach to climate change. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg at the Austrian World Summit, organised by the Schwarzenegger’s Climate Initiative, he said the president was not a barrier to change. Beyond the climate, Schwarzenegger, a Republican who endorsed…
