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Melissa Caddick mystery shows we need more research of a rare kind – marine forensics
The disappearance of 49-year-old Melissa Caddick in November 2020 captured Australia’s...
Searching for a female partner for the world’s ‘loneliest’ plant
“Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world,” wrote palaeontologist...
Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts
NASA has set its sights on the Moon, aiming to send astronauts back to the lunar...
The Sun is reaching the peak of its activity – here’s how that could cause more auroras and solar storms
Many more people around the world than normal were recently able to see the northern...
The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming for decades — accountability is long overdue
The science is clear: the planet is warming at an alarming rate and we need to reduce...
Here’s how climate social scientists are finding their way in the era of climate crisis
Climatologists are not OK
AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear
The goal is that with AI’s designing talents and gene editing’s engineering abilities,...
DNA analysis reveals that there are more species of parasitoid wasps than anticipated
When Charles Darwin first encountered parasitoid wasps, he was horrified
Welcome to the age of space scepticism – and a growing revolt against elites
Over the past decade, a new form of scepticism about human activities in space has...
The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there
After its “birth” in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and...
Human culture is changing too fast for evolution to catch up – here’s how it may affect you
Mismatch happens when an evolved adaptation, either physical or psychological, becomes...
The rush to return humans to the Moon and build lunar bases could threaten opportunities for astronomy
The Moon is uniquely suitable for researchers to build telescopes they can’t put...
‘Lazy’, ‘messy’, ‘smart’: how labels affect a child’s personality development
Words have a direct impact on the formation of a child’s identity. By labelling...
I’m an astrophysicist mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory − clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes
When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs...
Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings
Electronic devices use radio waves to send and receive data, like your laptop and...
Plastic is climate change in a bottle – so let’s put a cap on it
Plastic pollution and climate change have common culprits – and similar solutions