Why do skiers sunburn so easily on the slopes? A snow scientist explains
It’s extremely easy to get sunburned while you’re skiing and snowboarding in the mountains, but…
New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin
What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the…
what NZ’s forgotten homegrown school computer can teach us about state-led innovation
Some 45 years ago, a team of staff and students at Wellington Polytechnic designed and…
7.7 million female scientists and engineers in the EU – News articles
In 2023, there were 7.7 million female scientists and engineers in the EU, 381 200…
Eleven Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks announced – UKRI
Regulation has the power to accelerate innovation by providing confidence to innovators, certainty for investors…
Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there
Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness,…
Online brain rot is undermining our ability to tell meaningful stories
I teach a course on the relationship between social media and society at Durham College.…
Tiny splendid peacock spiders have the fastest known jump among their kin – new study
Jumping spiders – one of the largest spider families – get their name from the…
my sniffer team’s surprise findings on what mummified bodies smell like
When we see objects in museum display cases, it often doesn’t tell their whole story.…
Address science misinformation not by repeating the facts, but by building conversation and community
Misinformation about scientific topics, including falsehoods such as vaccines cause autism and climate change being…