Новости за 07.12.2022

Indoor dust and wastewater reveal fluorotelomer ethoxylates, which likely originate from stain repellents and anti-fogging spray

Analysis of sediment samples from northern Greenland reveals traces of plant and animal inhabitants

With the platform looking a little the worse for wear after its recent acquisition by Elon Musk, Annalee Newitz tries the best alternatives, so you don’t have to

A century and a half after HMS Challenger embarked on the first global survey of the ocean, some ideas from the era still linger. They urgently need to be left behind, says Helen Scales

Astronomers have spotted a strange blast of gamma radiation from space that defies categorisation, and it may mean a gap in our understanding of how black holes form

In a study of nearly 3.4 million people, almost 4000 genetic variants were linked to how much alcohol a person drinks a week, the age some start smoking and whether they quit the habit

DNA bound to mineral particles in ancient sediment reveals that north Greenland once had spruce forests populated by hares, reindeer and even mastodons

Colorado has become the second US state to legalise psychedelic drugs for medicinal uses, but psychedelics research lags far behind studies on other drugs

More effective mRNA-based vaccine offers hope of ending annual flu shots for at risk groups

Our editors highlight the coolest and funkiest molecules reported this past year

Despite recent claims of vehicles having full automation, it is no more possible to buy a truly self-driving car now than it was 15 years ago. Will private cars that never need a driver ever reach the market?

Readers discuss the practical nature of chemistry and speak up for brewers

Amino acids have been found in meteorites, and now an experiment shows how they might have been created by chemical reactions in these space rocks

Digital Blue Marble demonstrates future of climate simulations

Balmy ecosystem of mastodons and horseshoe crabs has no analog on modern Earth

SWOT satellite will measure global water cycle and carbon-absorbing eddies in unprecedented detail

Stone relief from modern-day Turkey might represent the region’s earliest narrative art

Lager originated in Europe but the wild yeast species that gives the beer its tang hasn’t been found on the continent until now – it was lurking in the soil at an Irish university

Study reveals native peoples were able to buffer the landscape from climate-related conflagrations

Damage to the spikes on the back of a fossil of a Zuul crurivastator suggest that these armoured dinosaurs didn’t use their tail clubs to fend off Tyrannosaurs but to fight each other

The click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry innovators sit down with <i>Stereo Chemistry</i> to reflect on a decades-long working relationship and a future they hope to make brighter