research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain
Loneliness has become such a widespread problem that Silicon Valley billionaires are now highlighting it…
Pacific voyagers’ remarkable environmental knowledge allowed for long-distance navigation without Western technology
Wet and shivering, I rose from the outrigger of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. We’d been…
Light is the science of the future – the Africans using it to solve local challenges
Light is all around us, essential for one of our primary senses (sight) as well…
the hidden ways Australia relies on foreign satellites
You have probably used space at least 20 times today. Satellites let you buy a…
Why collect asteroid samples? 4 essential reads on what these tiny bits of space rock can tell scientists
China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en…
What News Is (and Isn’t) According to Americans
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further winners announced – UKRI
Innovate UK has announced five further winners of the Quantum Missions pilot competition following the…
Cracking the code of supersolid light – and what it means for future quantum tech
Can light ever be a solid? It turns out that, in the microscopic world of…
Researchers uncovered hundreds of genes linked to OCD, providing clues about how it changes the brain − new research
Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so…
Don’t click without thinking – and 4 other ways to keep yourself safe from scams
Think about how many things you have done online today. Paid a bill? Logged into…