Meet Claire Parfitt: Scientist who once cleaned space toilets, now leading exploration teams to Mars |
Sometimes realising a dream requires doing the minutest of tasks in order to gain the experience and work…
Force-based reading and writing of individual single-atom magnets
Herein, we utilize holmium (Ho) adatoms on MgO as single-atom magnet, a system that is regarded as a…
The “Hobbits” Mysteriously Disappeared 50,000 Years Ago – Scientists Have Revealed What Happened to Their Home
Homo floresiensis skull. Credit: Shutterstock A long drought on Flores may have helped drive Homo floresiensis and its…
Area 51 is bringing a huge new indoor adventure playground to Canberra (guaranteed no aliens)
Posted on 10 July, 2026 Those counting down the days until other-worldly family entertainment destination Area 51 opens…
Rocket Report: “Panic” over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada
Welcome to Edition 9.02 of the Rocket Report! Our attention in the coming days turns to Asia, where…
In 1859, Australia released 13 rabbits for hunting. Decades later, they created one of the world’s worst invasive species crises | World News
When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals…
‘This time, it’s the other way around’: how Indonesia is reclaiming the science of human history
Prehistoric rock paintings in a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia.Credit: Photography by Mangiwau/Getty Last September, a train pulled out…
Astronomers may have heard the 1st ‘whispers’ of ghost particles created by supernova explosions
The universe is haunted by “cosmic ghosts” called neutrinos, and new research suggests they may be the “whispers”…
Shovels for feet and blotting paper skin: the ‘little fat froggy’ facing a fight for survival | Amphibians
The desert rain frog is one of the most unusual amphibians on the planet. With a rotund body…
Psychology says people who stay genuinely fit into their 70s aren’t unusually motivated or genetically lucky — they’re often the ones who never separated movement from the life they actually wanted to live
The usual story about people who stay fit into their 70s is a story about exceptional character. They…
China achieves first-ever controlled recovery of orbital-class rocket
China has successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform in…
Powerful cosmic winds may have destroyed galaxies in the early universe – Physics World
Powerful cosmic winds may have destroyed galaxies in the early universe – Physics World Skip to main content…