Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary neighbors
People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic…
Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance
You’ve probably experienced it – your alarm is set for 6:30am, yet somehow your eyes…
Food waste in South Africa is dumped in landfills
Every year, millions of tonnes of food end up in South Africa’s landfills. This is…
Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs
After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or…
From early cars to generative AI, new technologies create demand for specialized materials
Generative artificial intelligence has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the…
The year’s best meteor shower is about to start – here’s how to see it
Where many other meteor showers are often over-hyped, the Geminids are the real deal: far…
Australia’s social media ban won’t stop cyberbullying
The Australian Federal government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act, commonly referred to…
How Parents Manage Screen Time for Kids
(MoMo Productions) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how…
Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids
A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could help health care teams and researchers…
How Canada’s emergency communications still exclude Indigenous languages
When life-saving information is not provided in a language people understand, it can delay protective…