Puppy yoga? Goat meditation? An animal welfare scientist explores what these activities might mean for the cute creatures
Puppies! Goats! Kittens! A quick online search suggests you can take a yoga class with…
Bees have appeared on coins for millennia, hinting at an age-old link between sweetness and value
In 2022, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $2 coin decorated with honeybees. Around 2,400…
Visiting the Trinity Site featured in ‘Oppenheimer’ is a sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear weapons
Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film Oppenheimer is a biopic about the theoretical physicist behind the atomic…
Actors are really worried about the use of AI by movie studios – they may have a point
Film and television actors in the US came out on strike on July 14, causing…
Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy
Sixty-five years ago, in 1958, several government programs that had been pursuing spaceflight combined to…
How does ice cream work? A chemist explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results
Ice cream seems like a simple concept. Take some dairy, add some sugar and flavours,…
ChatGPT and Threads reflect the challenges of fast tech adoption
ChatGPT recently experienced a decline in user engagement for the first time since its launch…
Researchers find evidence of a 2,000-year-old curry, the oldest ever found in Southeast Asia
It’s hard to imagine a world without spice today. Fast global trade has allowed the…
6 ways AI can make political campaigns more deceptive than ever
Political campaign ads and donor solicitations have long been deceptive. In 2004, for example, U.S.…