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Science
Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe’s expansion
One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is the rate at which the universe is expanding....
Bringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the...
Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world
Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits in the outer solar system, about...
Earthrise: historian uncovers the true origins of the ‘image of the century’
The recent death of Frank Borman, commander of Nasa’s Apollo 8 mission in 1968,...
MicroRNA is the master regulator of the genome − researchers are learning how to treat disease by harnessing the way it controls genes
The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, and life less than a billion years after...
Libyan desert’s yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and...
Stones inside fish ears mark time like tree rings – and now they’re helping us learn about climate change
As a marine biologist, I’ve always found it fascinating to learn about how animals...
Crested ibis see growth in population, habitat area
The global population of the crested ibis has reached 11,000, according to statistics...
China's Wuhan steers commercial aerospace industry into broader space
As home to China's first commercial aerospace industrial base, namely the Wuhan...
Florence Bell died unrecognised for her contributions to DNA science – decades on female researchers are still being sidelined
Almost 80 years ago, Florence Bell quietly laid the foundations for one of the biggest...
How do viruses get into cells? Their infection tactics determine whether they can jump species or set off a pandemic
COVID-19, flu, mpox, noroviral diarrhea: How do the viruses that cause these diseases...
Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a year. Solutions must include the poor
Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday...
Brains have a remarkable ability to rewire themselves following injury
A concussion specialist explains the science behind rehabilitation and recovery
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice
Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town...
NASA’s first successful recovery of asteroid samples may reveal information about the origins of the universe
The OSIRIS-REx mission is NASA’s first mission to collect samples from an asteroid...
Birds’ nests express their unique style and past experiences
Walking through a town or city, you will encounter buildings with diverse shapes...