Very Interesting Magazine - January/February 2024
Very Interesting Magazine - January/February 2024
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In this issue
Cleaning Up Space
Rescue Robots
COULD ONE BOMB DESTROY THE WORLD?
How big a bang are arms manufacturers capable of creating?
2 mins
THE THREAT OF DAY ZERO
Queues at public water taps could become normal. What can we do to avoid them?
4 mins
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
The hit TV show The Last of Us imagined an apocalypse caused by a Cordyceps fungus turning humans into zombies. For many insects, real life isn't much different...
5 mins
Jazz could be the key to understanding quantum physics
An improvising soloist can play any note they want next. At the quantum level, electrons have a similar freedom
3 mins
CAN SCIENCE TURN A NIGHT OWL INTO A MORNING LARK?
If you're a night owl, you probably have a hard time dealing with a world that starts at 8am. But can science help you tinker with your body clock to make it easier to rise with the larks?
9 mins
Killer asteroids: how safe are we, really?
A new study suggests we're safe from big impacts, but it's the small ones we have to worry about
3 mins
THE MOST COLOURFUL SIGHTS ON EARTH
Long-distance travel is lovely, but it saves a bit of cash if we bring some of the planet's most spectacular natural places to you
4 mins
DO YOUR GENES INFLUENCE YOUR TASTE IN FOOD?
How DNA plays a role in shaping your menu choices
3 mins
HOW TO THINK RATIONALLY ABOUT AI
The entire planet is hooked on the conversation about AI and its sinister future. But if you ask those in the know (and we have), our future with machines looks entirely different to what the world's CEOs would have us believe. Here's how to stop worrying and maybe learn to love AI...
6 mins
Dark Earth: scientists unveil a new 'secret weapon' to combat deforestation
Ancient soil from the heart of the Amazon could help restore the planet's depleted rainforests
2 mins
MENTAL HEALTH IS OTHER PEOPLE
Enjoying the weather? Did you see the game? Small talk and simple face-to-face interactions have a bigger effect on our wellbeing than you might think. So, do you fancy a cuppa?
6 mins
Daily multivitamin can delay age-related memory loss
Study finds that a multivitamin pill a day keeps memory decline at bay
2 mins
Plants scream when we forget to water them
They sound a bit like bubble wrap being popped
1 min
The T. rex was actually a coward...sometimes
According to palaeontologists behind Apple TV+'s Prehistoric Planet 2, the Tyrannosaurus rex was more than willing to run from a fight
1 min
ARE MERMAIDS REAL?
A marine biologist reveals whether a half-human, half-fish could survive beneath the waves
3 mins
A VOLCANO ON VENUS HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF A RECENT ERUPTION
Images taken by the Magellan space probe in the 1990s could show evidence of eruptions or magma flow
3 mins
HOW TO AVOID THEM AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET BITTEN
With the number of critters on the rise, the UK is seeing increasing cases of tick-borne viruses already established in South Africa
3 mins
Is social media ruining childhood?
It's tempting to think that our digital lives on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are at fault, but there might be something altogether more analogue going on
9 mins
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SLIME
Runny noses, slippery sea creatures and that impossible-to-clean bit behind your sink all have one thing in common: slime. While it might make us cringe, life on Earth would be very different without it...
7 mins
GENEEDITED FOOD: WHERE'S MY SUPER MEAL?
Can gene editing create 'superfoods' that actually live up to the hype? Well, maybe...
3 mins
ANXIETY
Your ultimate guide to understanding, coping and conquering the inner demons
10 mins
Revealed: the spacesuit astronauts will wear for the next moonwalk
NASA has teamed up with private company Axiom Space to design its next-generation suits
1 min
Do weighted blankets really work for anxiety and insomnia?
A weighted blanket contains glass beads, plastic pellets, ball weight.
1 min
3 RULES BEHIND EVERY DIET THAT WORKS
We're fed up with navigating all the tips and advice online telling us how to lose weight, so we asked an obesity expert to reveal whether anything actually works for weight loss
9 mins
Compounds essential for life found in samples collected from a near-earth asteroid
Samples collected during Hayabusa2's trip to the asteroid Ryugu contain uracil, a substance present in RNA
1 min
Wild rats living in New York City sewers are carrying coronavirus
More than 15% of rats captured in wastewater systems tested positive for the virus
1 min
Complete circuitry of an insect brain mapped for the first time
The model shows every single neuron and connection in the brain of a fruit fly larva
1 min
Climate change is already having an effect... On our mental wellbeing
People's growing anxiety about the future of the planet is becoming increasingly obvious, but it's not an entirely bad thing
3 mins
NASA's Artemis programme is set to put humans back on the moon
Artemis 1 is the first of three missions that will culminate with humans walking on the moon for the first time since 1972
1 min
THE HIDDEN ROOMS OF TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB
A century ago, Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered. But even today, controversy still rages over whether it contains undiscovered chambers. Here, an Egyptologist puts the rumours to bed... or, rather, firmly into their sarcophagus
6 mins
Very Interesting Magazine Description:
Publisher: Panorama Media Corp
Category: Science
Language: English
Frequency: Bi-Monthly
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