Web sites and social media are exposing poor or fraudulent science, but often nothing happens after that: how should peer review work? | Continue reading
Analysing pendulum videos, the artificial intelligence tool identified variables not present in current mathematics. | Continue reading
Australia has just lifted the UK 'mad cow' blood ban. New models have put the risk of ‘mad cow’ disease per blood donation in Aus at 1 in 1.45 billion. | Continue reading
New research suggests that pocket gophers are the first non-human mammals observed to farm. | Continue reading
A long-term plan to turn WA’s Pilbara into the largest renewable energy hub in the world has just taken a giant leap forward. | Continue reading
A device that can capture 90% of the light that falls on it, regardless of its angle or frequency, and concentrate it to be 3x brighter onto a solar cell. | Continue reading
New research shows that normal human brain temperatures vary much more than previously thought (+40°C), and a sign of healthy brain function. | Continue reading
Platinum is even more precious in the chemistry lab. | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered that time-sensitive neurons in the brain could wear out and distort our perception of time, according to a 2020 study. | Continue reading
The James Webb telescope has taken exceptional images of an unexceptional star as a test of its capabilities. The star, known as HD84406. | Continue reading
If there's a link between autism and the gut microbiome, which causes which? New research overturns an old causative theory. | Continue reading
This new hydrogel material is soft like a jelly, but acts like an ultra-hard, shatterproof glass when compressed. | Continue reading
Called bubble casting, sn invention by Princeton researchers makings it easier for soft robots grip delicate objects. | Continue reading
The technology of perovskite solar cells might be young, but predictions are that it’s almost ready to bust out of the lab. | Continue reading
Australian research delves into the trigonometry of a nearly 4,000 year old Babylonian tablet filled with Pythagorean triplets. | Continue reading
What are the Olympic medals made of? It seems an obvious answer but the silver medal is the only one that is actually pure silver. | Continue reading
X-rays bouncing off a black hole’s disc confirm Einstein’s predictions. | Continue reading
Growing eggs from basically nothing!!! | Continue reading
Google trumped as physicists set a new quantum computing benchmark. | Continue reading
Watch human rights commissioner Ed Santow outline the reasons why an AI commissioner is needed. | Continue reading
Devastating disease became known as “the laughing death”, named kuru. Medical scientists postulated a genetic cause, or maybe an environmental factor. | Continue reading
Biodiversity of marine species around the equator has dropped, as warming seas force tropical species south into already faltering ecosystems. | Continue reading
Study looks at why some of us don’t remember things. | Continue reading
Scientists say make cities a focus of conservation efforts. | Continue reading
From Napier’s bones to the Curta calculator, Jason England examines the ingenious, all-but-forgotten inventions that led to the electronic calculator. | Continue reading
Researchers have studied corvids - a type of songbird - and found those that spent more time with parents learned faster and lived longer. | Continue reading