How a South African university sought to restore dignity and redress the past
It has been nearly 100 years since the skeletonised remains of nine people were removed…
Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges – a developmental biologist and a bioethicist discuss IVF, abortion and the mice with two dads
Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that help people experiencing difficulty having or an inability…
Living near the fire – 500 million people worldwide have active volcanoes as neighbors
The thought of living near an active volcano probably sounds like an unimaginable risk to…
Transportation apps can help people with disabilities navigate public transit but accessibility lags behind
Smartphone apps have become commonplace tools for travel and navigation. As technology becomes more integrated…
Fungi could be the next frontier in fire safety
Australia is no stranger to fire-related disasters. The country experiences more than 17,000 residential fires…
Putting a price on exoskeleton assistance puts users in the driver’s seat of honing the tech
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea My…
AI scam calls imitating familiar voices are a growing problem – here’s how they work
Scam calls using AI to mimic voices of people you might know are being used…
Côte d’Ivoire is launching its first satellite for Earth observation – and it’s locally made
Côte d’Ivoire has announced plans to launch its first satellite within the next two years.…
Female physicists aren’t represented in the media – and this lack of representation hurts the physics field
Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Oppenheimer,” set for release July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer…
A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The…