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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr Tasos Katopodis/Getty One of the top vaccine experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, resigned on 4 June – a week after Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that covid-19 vaccines would no longer be recommended for most children Continue Reading
Illustration of m***ive objects warping space-time koto_feja/Getty Images A mathematical test for the nature of space-time – the fabric of physical reality – may be the first step towards novel computer-like devices that process information using gravity. Is space-time an unchanging expanse, or can it be warped in ways that affect a signal travelling through Continue Reading
Women’s faces are widely considered more attractive than men’s AleksandarNakic/Getty Images Female faces are regarded as more attractive than male ones, a large study involving 12,000 people around the world has found. Surprisingly, women are even more likely than men to rate other women’s faces as more attractive. “When we look at the rater ***, Continue Reading
The surface of the moon, as seen from orbit by Resilience before it crashed ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R VENTURE MOON A Japanese space mission hoping to make history as the third ever private lunar landing has ended in failure, after ispace’s Resilience lander smashed into the moon at some point after 7.13pm UTC on 5 Continue Reading
A strange type of star could be powered by dark matter Artsiom P/Shutterstock Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet for the existence of dark stars, a type of enormous star in the early universe that is partially powered by dark matter. If confirmed, these hypothesised stars could help explain why we see mysteriously large Continue Reading
June’s new science fiction includes a space opera from Megan E. O’Keefe Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo Do you like your world ravaged by unstoppable and deadly viruses or technologies? If so, then June is your month, because we have everything from a contagion that makes people lustful to a neural chip that Continue Reading
Taurine supplements have been considered promising for delaying ageing, but that may not be the case Shutterstock / Eugeniusz Dudzinski The amino acid taurine was once thought to decline with age, and animal research suggested that taurine supplements could delay ageing. But a new study shows that the decline doesn’t happen consistently. In fact, taurine Continue Reading
Sally Ride during STS-7, NASA’s seventh Space Shuttle mission, in 1983 NASA SallyCristina CostantiniDisney+ (from 17 June) In 1983, Sally Ride made global headlines as the first US woman in space and the third woman after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. A new do***entary, Sally, directed by Cristina Costantini, sheds light on her extraordinary Continue Reading
Should wall sits be part of your workout routine? LeoPatrizi/Getty Images I never thought much about my blood pressure, but recently my doctor suggested I start monitoring it more closely due to some of the medications I take. While it is still well within the normal range, it has slowly crept up, making me wonder Continue Reading
We are starting to understand why the bacteria behind tuberculosis is so good at infecting people Adobe Stock/Ryan Wills When we look back over the history of infectious diseases, it’s the explosive pandemics that grab our attention. Cholera and plague terrify us with their swift destruction of cities and the paralysis they cause across whole Continue Reading
