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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be among the next humans to fly to the moon
On April 3, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, which will see astronauts spending...
Monsters or masters of the deep sea? Why the deepest of deep-sea fish aren’t as scary as you might think
How deep can fish live in the ocean? That question has captivated me for more than...
Meet the next four people headed to the Moon – how the diverse crew of Artemis II shows NASA’s plan for the future of space exploration
On April 3, 2023, NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of...
Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you
If you’re like me, you’ve managed to kill even the hardiest of indoor plants (yes,...
Polio: leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines
On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that health officials...
Brains also have supply chain issues – blood flows where it can, and neurons must make do with what they get
Neuroscientists have long assumed that neurons are greedy, hungry units that demand...
‘QBism’: quantum mechanics is not a description of objective reality – it reveals a world of genuine free will
What does quantum mechanics, the most successful theory ever proposed by physics,...
Great Mysteries of Physics 4: does objective reality exist?
It is hard to shake the intuition that there’s a real and objective physical world...
Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated
Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting...
Minimum viable whale: Antarctic minke whales may be as small as a krill-eating filter feeder can get in our modern oceans
Meagre giants hide in the ice-covered bays and fjords of the Antarctic peninsula
We’re a step closer to learning how misplaced DNA could influence disease risk
DNA is our body’s instruction manual. It contains all the information that our cells...
People with faceblindness aren’t believed by their doctors – here’s what needs to change
Imagine what life would be like if you couldn’t recognise your own family and friends...
IPCC report: Climate solutions exist, but humanity has to break from the status quo and embrace innovation
It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that...
Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease ‘plasticosis’
As a conservation biologist who studies plastic ingestion by marine wildlife, I...
Why does time change when traveling close to the speed of light? A physicist explains
Why does time change when traveling close to the speed of light? – Timothy, age...
How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to have resistance-free electricity
The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity...