‘Star Wars meteorite’ sheds light on the early Solar System
Locals watched in awe as a fireball exploded and hundreds of meteorite fragments rained down…
Brain gain: Europe’s big advances in neuroscience
In the southern French city of Marseille, health researchers have developed a way to operate…
How many people need to be in a room for two to share a birthday? It’s fewer than you think. Here’s why
Have you ever bumped into someone with the same birthday as you? What about someone…
What are brain states and brain waves? And can we control them?
There’s no shortage of apps and technology that claim to shift the brain into a…
How a Victorian trip to Palestine spurred modern ornithology – and left it with imperial baggage
Palestine’s natural splendour offered a landscape ripe for scientific “discovery”, description and expropriation by European…
AI could improve your life by removing bottlenecks between what you want and what you get
Artificial intelligence is poised to upend much of society, removing human limitations inherent in many…
Social media drains our brains and impacts our decision making – podcast
Ever found yourself scrolling through social media late at night and accidentally buying something you…
A traditional drink with huge economic potential
Agadagidi, a wine made from plantain, is a popular drink at festive occasions in Nigeria.…
People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea
For much of the 65,000 years of Australia’s human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf…
How to make gravy (using chemistry)
“Gravy Day” is a relatively new date in the Australian calendar. Paul Kelly’s song How…