This stone tool is over 1 million years old. How did its maker get to Sulawesi without a boat?
Stone tools dating to at least 1.04 million years ago have been found on the…
Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?
You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately:…
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the…
Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights
When French video-game publisher Ubisoft announced it was shutting down servers for The Crew, a…
From medieval stronghold to cyber fortress: shielding Europe’s digital future
The unmistakable silhouette of Špilberk Castle towers over Brno, the largest city in Czechia’s South…
How do scientists estimate crowd sizes at public events – and why are they often disputed?
Last Sunday, tens of thousands marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza.…
how plant roots could save harvests from drought
Ever wondered how a delicate plant root can push its way through hard ground? It’s…
Iron nanoparticles can help treat contaminated water – our team of scientists created them out of expired supplements
Today, approximately 1,800,000 acres of land in the United States is used for landfill waste…
How states are placing guardrails around AI in the absence of strong federal regulation
U.S. state legislatures are where the action is for placing guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies,…
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than four billion years old
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean.…