Science Illustrated - 3 Apr 2025
ACE AVIATORS
WORST HABITS
DO QUANTUM CLOCKS EXPLAIN TIME?
IMPOSSIBLE GALAXIES
EVERYTHING GLOWS
WATER FOR ALL!
AMAZING AVIATORS
IS TIME ENTANGLED?
BIOLUMINESCENCE: NATURE’S LIGHT SHOW
WATER SHORTAGES & DESALINATION
THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT OF ALL TIME!
IMPOSSIBLE EARLY GALAXIES
THE SCIENCE OF HABIT-FORMING
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Beetle buffet: demolition team cuts prey into pieces
Beetle buffet: demolition team cuts prey into pieces
Titanic twin: digital scans reveal liner in new detail
Thwaites glacier gets gloomy update
Old DNA lends hope for Tassie tigers
Meltwater lubricates the glacier
Warm water eats into the ice
Warm water makes glaciers slide into the sea
Drone images of imploded ‘Titan’ sub
Bacteria are attacked
The defence is activated
Help arrives
Emergency pump buys bacteria crucial time
Future antibiotics may come from human guts
Distant planet offers a window to Earth’s destiny
Has human lifespan hit a ceiling?
What is osteoporosis?
Porous bones make the body collapse
From how far away could you see that there is life on Earth?
GAME ON · Which is better for the environment – tin foil or plastic film?
“I am very ticklish, but I cannot tickle myself. Why is that?”
What are the strange floating spots in my eyes?
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Why do some dogs eat faeces?
How did we get metric units of measurement?
SOME ANIMALS EAT FAECES
How could we ever run out of helium?
Hydrogen nuclei fuse
New isotope is radioactive
Decay stabilises helium
Fusion can produce new helium
Aerialists pushing the limits of physics Inhalation and exhalation oxygenate blood
Goose with super-lungs flies high
Aerialists pushing the limits of physics Inhalation and exhalation oxygenate blood
Aerialist is a bodybuilder
Flexible joint allows special wing flapping 1
Big muscles provide wing power
Flexible feathers also adapt
Starlings become one organism
Aussie galahs ride thermals for fun
Frigatebirds sleep with half their brain
Drop shape makes falcons ultra-fast
Bird jet fighter takes a nose-dive
The albatross is airborne for months
Huge wings utilise strong winds
Corellas & lorikeets slip through the gaps
Australia’s pelicans are effortless gliders
Pigeons have integrated GPS
ALL OF TIME IS TANGLED
ALL OF TIME IS TANGLED
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DIFFERENT TIMES: two theories to unify
Measuring particles gives time direction
NATURAL ILLUMINATORS
NATURAL ILLUMINATORS
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Enzyme turns on the light
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Light brings food, sex, and survival
NEW DETECTOR TO EXPLORE THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE
NEW DETECTOR TO EXPLORE THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE
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Laser sheds light on gravitational waves
Laser sheds light on gravitational waves
Satellites have a heart of gold
5 mysteries that could be solved by gravitational waves
5 mysteries that could be solved by gravitational waves
COULD WE DRINK FROM THE OCEANS?
Salt water drains body cells
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Heat removes salt from ocean water
Water shortage threatens billions
Water shortage threatens billions
SCIENTISTS CAN NUDGE HABITS
INTO YOUR BRAIN
SCIENTISTS CAN NUDGE HABITS
INTO YOUR BRAIN
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Habits bypass consciousness
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What you really really want
How to build a new habit
A DETAILED PLAN MAKES THE HABIT MORE INSTINCTIVE
THE BRAIN LINKS TIME AND HABIT
NEW ENVIRONMENT, NEW HABITS
YOUR OWN WORDS BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE
KEEP A DIARY, KEEP ACCOUNTABLE BUT TO YOURSELF
Impossible galaxies push the boundaries of the universe
Impossible galaxies push the boundaries of the universe
Light travels for billions of years
STEFANO CARNIANI ASTROPHYSICIST It is amazing that the universe can form such a galaxy in just 300 million years.”
Supernova waves could explain surprisingly bright galaxy light
SO WHO ARE OUR ANCESTORS?
SO WHO ARE OUR ANCESTORS?
Bones and DNA reveal what happened
Neanderthal a new human
TIMELINE
Bones and DNA reveal what happened
Neanderthal a new human
New species could be missing link
5 mysteries about early humans
WHY DID WE LOSE OUR FUR?
HOW DID OUR BRAIN GET SO BIG?
WHY DID WE LEAVE AFRICA?
WHY DID SOME ANCESTRAL SPECIES DIE OUT?
WHO’S WHO?
Solar eclipse proved Einstein ‘genius’ status
Solar eclipse images proved Einstein right
Solar eclipse images proved Einstein right
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