Moon will take on a red hue as light reaching it passes through dust in the Earth’s atmosphereHow to take a good photograph of the November 2022 full blood moon with a phone or cameraGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOn Tuesday evening people across Australia and New Zealand will be treated to a total lunar eclipse, weather permitting. It’s an opportunity...
Fifteen-week-old Hope found to have no sex organs, possibly because of rare development failureA homeless kitten has stunned vets at a UK animal charity, being the first cat they have seen that is neither male nor female.Hope, a 15-week-old tabby and white cat, was originally thought to be female when it was admitted to the Cats Protection rescue centre in Warrington, but vets found no external...
World-first pilot in England helps identify those who could be offered statins, who would otherwise be ‘invisible’ to NHSGPs in the north of England have used predictive genetic tests to identify people most at risk of heart disease in the world’s first pilot of the technology.The NHS study, called Heart, offered genetic tests to nearly 1,000 people aged 45 to 64, in the hope of better...
Neuroscientists show clubbers move more to very low frequencies, even though they are not consciously detectableWhen it comes to getting into the groove on the dancefloor, it really is all about the bass, researchers have found.Scientists say when very low frequency (VLF) sound was introduced during a live electronic music event, gig-goers moved more even though they could not hear the...
The dramatic vanishing of polar ice sheets will cause catastrophic sea level rise that will threaten cities, according to a major new studyThe climate crisis has pushed the planet’s stores of ice to a widespread collapse that was “unthinkable just a decade ago”, with Arctic sea ice certain to vanish in summers and ruinous sea level rise from melting glaciers now already in motion, a major...
Fireball – ‘like a flaming basketball’ – seen in sky around the time rancher’s home destroyed north-east of Sacramento A northern California man has claimed that his home was destroyed by a meteorite on Friday, after several witnesses reportedly saw a ball of light descending from the sky.“I heard a big bang. I started to smell smoke and I went on to my porch and it was completely...
Total eclipse to be visible in North America, Asia and the Pacific, but Africa, Middle East and Europe will have to wait until 2025The moon is set to pull off a disappearing act on Tuesday, and those who miss it will have to wait three years for another chance to see something like it again.A total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout North America before dawn on Tuesday, giving those further...
Happiness might seem like a noble goal – but striving for it can be counterproductiveWho doesn’t want to be happy? At the end of the day, you might think, it’s happiness that matters most – it’s the reason for everything we do. This idea goes back to classical antiquity. According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, whatever we pursue in life – “honour, pleasure, reason, and...
Frustration growing at delays that leave some unable to take up prestigious posts for up to seven monthsUK politics live – latest news updatesThe best international scientists are being deterred from heading to the UK due to a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) vetting scheme that is leaving researchers in limbo for months, the Royal Society has warned.The government’s...
Earth will be directly between the sun and Uranus this week, making our solar system’s seventh planet appear brighter than usualIt is time to try glimpsing the seventh planet, Uranus, with the naked eye. It will certainly not be easy and could well take a few attempts over the next week but it is possible.To help ensure success, take a pair of binoculars with you. Uranus hovers at the limits of...
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the moon. Tuesday night’s total lunar eclipse will be the last one visible from the region until 2025.How to see Tuesday’s blood moon total lunar eclipse from Australia and New ZealandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWith a total lunar eclipse and the November...
World first clinical test could be good news for people with rare blood groups and those who need frequent transfusionsLaboratory grown red blood cells have been transfused into volunteers in a world first clinical trial that could help revolutionise treatments for patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia.The manufactured blood cells were grown from stem cells from donors, which in future...