After the Baltimore bridge collapse, we need clear-eyed assessments of the risks to key infrastructure
Catastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of…
Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it?
Last week, the federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207…
Horses lived in the Americas for millions of years – new research helps paleontologists understand the fossils we’ve found and those that are missing from the record
Many people assume that horses first came to the Americas when Spanish explorers brought them…
Cancer often requires more than one treatment − an oncologist explains why some patients like Kate Middleton receive both chemotherapy and surgery
When Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales, announced in March 2024 that she was receiving…
A bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
When the container ship MV Dali, 300 metres long and massing around 100,000 tonnes, lost…
Bridges can be protected from ship collisions – an expert on structures in disasters explains how
The MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge…
A cosmic ‘speed camera’ just revealed the staggering speed of neutron star jets in a world first
How fast can a neutron star drive powerful jets into space? The answer, it turns…
1 degree above absolute zero
For decades, the pursuit of quantum computing has struggled with the need for extremely low…
NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry…
A human, environmental and economic emergency response to the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse
On March 26, the container ship Dali in Baltimore’s industrial harbour struck an interstate highway…