Great Barrier Reef: World’s largest coral colony discovered off Australian coast by mother-daughter team
A mother-and-daughter team of citizen scientists has identified the world’s largest known coral colony, found on the Great…
What to expect during each phase of the ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse on March 3
On March 3, billions of people across the Americas, Asia and Oceania will witness a blood moon total…
Field-free full switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order
Nakatsuji, S., Kiyohara, N. & Higo, T. Large anomalous Hall effect in a non-collinear antiferromagnet at room temperature.…
Trail camera captures stunning image of iconic creature: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime experience’
A Royal Bengal tiger has been seen in Upper Assam, India, demonstrating the benefits of conservation efforts. According…
Why every telescope is also a time machine
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Peripheral immune-inducer dendritic cells drive early-life allergic inflammation
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Cull and swimming ban resume after fatal shark attack in New Caledonia
Local authorities in New Caledonia have announced they will resume culling sharks after a man died in an…
Chinese astronauts describe moment a crack was discovered on Shenzhou-20 spacecraft
Chinese astronauts have described what happened when they were nearly stranded in space last year after a suspected…
Water restrictions arrive in Yass, Nimmitabel as dam levels drop
More heat and little rain are expected over the coming week. Photo: James Coleman. Low rainfall and dropping…
After 53 years drifting past Venus and Mars, an old Soviet probe came back as a “new” object in orbit — and nobody cheered yet
For a brief moment, Earth’s neighborhood in space had a new visitor. Tracking systems flagged it. Lists updated.…
Cavity-altered superconductivity | Nature
Sentef, M. A., Ruggenthaler, M. & Rubio, A. Cavity quantum-electrodynamical polaritonically enhanced electron-phonon coupling and its influence on…
The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
Scientists are philosophers, explorers, data collectors and number crunchers. They are also storytellers, placing data within a broader…