How Twitter activists pushed a government scandal from hashtags to a royal commission
The royal commission into the unlawful robodebt scheme has delivered its findings. On the final…
Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It’s a long story
The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we…
A combination of social, organizational and technical factors caused the Titan’s implosion
The implosion that took the lives of five souls who made the perilous deep sea…
Why earthquakes happen all the time in Britain but not in Ireland
The village of Tean in Staffordshire, England, was hit by a 3.3-magnitude earthquake on June…
Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists
Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including…
Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-aging interventions
You likely know someone who seems to age slowly, appearing years younger than their birth…
Ukrainian science is struggling, threatening long-term economic recovery – history shows ways to support the Ukrainian scientific system
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has done a lot of damage to…
Volcano eruptions are notoriously hard to forecast. A new method using lasers could be the key
When you hear news reports about volcanoes spewing lava and ash, you may worry about…
Africa’s linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism
Language is a uniquely human skill. That’s why studying how people learn and use language…
Astro-tourism – chasing eclipses, meteor showers and elusive dark skies from Earth
For years, small groups of astronomy enthusiasts have traveled the globe chasing the rare solar…