Guy Leaving For Work Spots ‘Little Fluff Ball’ On The Ground In Need Of Help
Dan Jordan was leaving for work one morning when he saw a fluffy baby sitting all alone in…
Selfish chromosomes hijack Overdrive gene to eliminate rival sperm
A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how “selfish chromosomes” cheat…
Drought amplifies warming-induced soil carbon loss in a decade-long experiment
GarcÃa-Palacios, P. et al. Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nat. Rev. Earth…
Best model rocket sets for first-time launchers
So you want to launch a model rocket but have never done so? It must be difficult, right?…
Baby Goat Knows He’s a Cutie With Positively Precious Smile on His Face
There’s just something about a baby animal that I can’t scroll past. They’re perfect! They’re the mini versions…
A scientist looked at ‘little red dots’ in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn’t exist
There’s something strange going on in the early Universe. The James Webb Space Telescope has peered so deep…
How a tropical city found itself on water restrictions at the height of the wet season
In Australia’s northern capital, on a day when the city was being hammered by heavy tropical downpours, an…
The March full moon glows red through Saharan dust in eerie composite view
The full Worm Moon rises off the coast of the UK. (Image credit: Josh Dury) Astrophotographer Josh Dury…
Precious Baby Koala Clings to Stuffie for Comfort Just Like Punch the Monkey
Meet Rafa, the baby Koala, who loves his comfort stuffed toy just as much as Punch, the baby…
Scientists just found a way to 3D print one of the hardest metals on Earth
Tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co) is widely valued for its extreme hardness, but that same strength also makes it very…
Foreign fishermen caught in Torres Strait sentenced in Darwin
The first foreign fishermen caught illegally in Far North Queensland waters under a new Commonwealth border operation have…
A Glorious Spiral of Star Formation
To understand how stars form, astronomers need to watch the process play out in galaxies. That simple fact…