The Pacific islands struggling to survive

The article in Swedish: Stillahavsöarna som kämpar för att överleva A volcanic eruption in the north, recurring flooding and on top of that, a direct threat from Donald Trump. “How do you sleep at night?” I asked Vanuatu’s minister for climate change, Ralph

Sammanhang: ...The year before, 2023, the archipelago nation was struck by two giant tropical cyclones just 48 hours apart. In those hours, 64 per cent of the country’s GDP was laid waste. ...

Omnämnda platser: Bokaitoktok, Island, Netherlands. Omnämnda personer: Christiana Figueres, Donald Trump, Middle East.

Supernovor ger svar om universums expansion

Astronomer har en mödosamt hopsamlad katalog av super­novor, sammanställd under decennier och med hjälp av dussin­tals olika teleskop. Bland supernovorna har astronomerna identifierat några tusen av en typ som kallas Ia. Nu har antalet kända supernovor av

Sammanhang: ...Den yttersta spetsen av den här grenen i diagrammet kallas TRGB (tip of the red giant branch), och ska alltid finnas vid samma ljusstyrka. Att hitta TRGB anses vara en både rättvisande och precis metod för att mäta avstånd till andra galaxer. ...

Omnämnda platser: Kalifornien, super­novor, Palomar. Omnämnda personer: Ariel Goobar, Fritz Zwicky, Caltech Optical.

”Scientists Portrayed as Mass Murderers”

For a Swedish version, read here. Outside an underground lecture hall at Tokyo University a crowd is bustling. Neuroscientists, psychologists, physicists, computer scientists and other experts have gathered here to discuss consciousness – the elusive inner

Sammanhang: ...A clip from that ancient interview was played in the theater. The transcript scrolled across a giant screen above the stage. The conclusion was clear: Philosopher David Chalmers won the bet and received his case of wine. ...

Omnämnda platser: Photo, Conducting, Venice. Omnämnda personer: John Lennon, with questions, Philip Goff.