The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for 2022 has been awarded to Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…
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Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same…
Hundreds of kilometres from shore, and covering two-thirds of the Earth’s surface, the high seas are a world that few…
Imagine a future where, despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, parts of the world have become unbearably hot.…
Volcanic eruptions cannot be predicted with 100 per cent certainty. However, details about an upcoming eruption can be estimated using…
At first glance, it’s hard to see what gold, iron, lead, arsenic, silver, platinum and tin have in common. A…
Today, the Australian government released the STEM Equity Monitor 2022 – the nation’s annual scorecard on gendered participation in science, technology, engineering,…
Commercial aviation has become a cornerstone of our economy and society. It allows us to rapidly transport goods and people…
Stem cells are the starting point for all other cells in our bodies. The first such cells to be found were blood…
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine, misinformation is rife worldwide. Many tools have been designed to help people…