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.…
Can music be good company? Research shows it makes our imagination more social
Earlier this year, we asked a group of older adults what music they listened to…
Why on Earth is the planet’s day getting shorter?
Earth will complete a rotation 1.33 milliseconds earlier than usual on Tuesday, August 5. That…
Parental controls on children’s tech devices are out of touch with child’s play
Parenting in the digital age can be stressful and demands a lot from parents. The…
Do elephants make deliberate gestures to ask for things? Our study says yes
Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories. But do they…
Will the new James Bond embrace hi-tech gadgets in an age of AI? The films have a complicated history with technology
Development of a new James Bond film is underway at Amazon Studios, with the creater…
Why do some clothes shrink in the wash? A textile scientist explains how to ‘unshrink’ them
When your favourite dress or shirt shrinks in the wash, it can be devastating, especially…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black…
2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech
During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the Sun’s corona…
a tech expert explains how to clean it without doing damage
We wash our hands, sanitise shopping trolleys and wipe down cafe tables. But what about…