How ancient flying reptiles ruled the skies – new research
Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some…
World-first study reveals the mysteries of the desert-dwelling marsupial mole
Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one…
What to expect from science in 2025 – podcast
In a special episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast to start 2025, we’ve brought together…
Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination
Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work…
Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source – but big engineering challenges stand in the way
The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the…
Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation
Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It…
Huge if true – dark energy doesn’t exist, claims new study on supernovas
By looking at light from distant exploding stars called supernovas, in 1998 astronomers discovered the…
Planning for spring’s garden? Bees like variety and don’t care about your neighbors’ yards
In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen. In…
Geneticists have finally solved the mystery of Garfield’s orange coat
Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like…
2025 will see huge advances in quantum computing. So what is a quantum chip and how does it work?
In recent years, the field of quantum computing has been experiencing fast growth, with technological…