What images does science conjure up in your mind? You may well be visualising a laboratory, equations scrawled on a…
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Not so long ago, Earth’s interior was thought to be made up of four layers: the crust, mantle, (liquid) outer…
Almost like aftershocks, questions about earthquake prediction tend to follow disasters like the Feb. 6, 2023, Turkey-Syria quake. Could advance…
The big idea Robotic boots providing superhuman reflexes can help your balance. Our new study shows that the key to augmenting balance…
Lightning may look beautiful but every year it kills thousands of people, does huge amounts of damage to buildings and…
Almost a century ago, German physicist Werner Heisenberg realised the laws of quantum mechanics placed some fundamental limits on how…
Is there such a thing as nothing? – Reggie, aged seven, Darlington Could someone see nothing? What does nothing look…
We know more about the Moon than the deep sea. This idea has been repeated for decades by scientists and science…
Across much of the world’s oceans, waves are getting bigger. In the Southern Ocean, where storm-driven swell can propagate halfway…
Time travel makes regular appearances in popular culture, with innumerable time travel storylines in movies, television and literature. But it…