Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

Hotter Temperatures Will Mean More Deaths From Injury

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7 months ago

Hotter Temperatures Will Mean More Deaths From Injury

Liz Hanna

Some Say We’ve Seen Bushfires Worse Than This Before, But They’re Ignoring Key Facts

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7 months ago

Some Say We’ve Seen Bushfires Worse Than This Before, But They’re Ignoring Key Facts

Joelle Gergis and Geoff Cary

The Sweet Relief Of Rain After Bushfires Threatens Disaster For Australia’s Rivers

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7 months ago

The Sweet Relief Of Rain After Bushfires Threatens Disaster For Australia’s Rivers

Paul McInerney and Gavin Rees and Klaus Joehnk

Australia’s Terrible Telecom Infrastructure Leaving People Without Vital Info During Bushfire Crisis

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7 months ago

Australia’s Terrible Telecom Infrastructure Leaving People Without Vital Info During Bushfire Crisis

Matt Novak

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 Made Me More Aware Of My Habits

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7 months ago

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active2 Made Me More Aware Of My Habits

Leah Williams

Health Professionals And Cadavers: The Quest For An Ethical Approach

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7 months ago

Health Professionals And Cadavers: The Quest For An Ethical Approach

Brendon Kurt Billings and Beverley Kramer

We Know Bushfire Smoke Affects Our Health, But The Long-Term Consequences Are Hazy

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7 months ago

We Know Bushfire Smoke Affects Our Health, But The Long-Term Consequences Are Hazy

Brian Oliver

Weather Bureau Says Hottest, Driest Year On Record Led To Extreme Bushfire Season

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7 months ago

Weather Bureau Says Hottest, Driest Year On Record Led To Extreme Bushfire Season

David Jones and Karl Braganza and Skie Tobin

There’s Plenty We Can Do To Make Future Fires Less Likely

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7 months ago

There’s Plenty We Can Do To Make Future Fires Less Likely

Peter Martin

Animal Response To A Bushfire Is Astounding. These Are The Tricks They Use To Survive

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7 months ago

Animal Response To A Bushfire Is Astounding. These Are The Tricks They Use To Survive

Dale Nimmo

Batteries Made With Sulfur Could Be Cheaper, Greener And Hold More Energy

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7 months ago

Batteries Made With Sulfur Could Be Cheaper, Greener And Hold More Energy

Mahdokht Shaibani

Bushfires Threaten Drinking Water Safety, And The Consequences Could Last For Decades

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7 months ago

Bushfires Threaten Drinking Water Safety, And The Consequences Could Last For Decades

Stuart Khan

An Earth-Sized Planet Found In The Habitable Zone Of A Nearby Star

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7 months ago

An Earth-Sized Planet Found In The Habitable Zone Of A Nearby Star

Ravi Kumar Kopparapu

The Story Of A Wave: From Wind-Blown Ripples To Breaking On The Beach

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7 months ago

The Story Of A Wave: From Wind-Blown Ripples To Breaking On The Beach

Shane Keating

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7 months ago

Impossible Pork Is God Damn Tasty

Tegan Jones

Bushfires Have Reshaped Life On Earth Before, They Could Do It Again

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7 months ago

Bushfires Have Reshaped Life On Earth Before, They Could Do It Again

Mike Lee

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7 months ago

The Best Meteor Showers To See In 2020

Jonti Horner and Tanya Hill

Smoke From Bushfires Poses A Health Hazard For All Of Us

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7 months ago

Smoke From Bushfires Poses A Health Hazard For All Of Us

Mick Meyer

A Real-Life Deluminator For Spotting Exoplanets By Reflected Starlight

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7 months ago

A Real-Life Deluminator For Spotting Exoplanets By Reflected Starlight

Supriya Chakrabarti

When Did Homo Erectus Die Out? A Fresh Look At The Demise Of An Ancient Human Species Over 100,000 Years Ago

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8 months ago

When Did Homo Erectus Die Out? A Fresh Look At The Demise Of An Ancient Human Species Over 100,000 Years Ago

Kira Westaway & Michael Westaway & Russell Ciochon

The Timeless Appeal Of An Ocean Pool – Turns Out It’s A Good Investment, Too

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8 months ago

The Timeless Appeal Of An Ocean Pool – Turns Out It’s A Good Investment, Too

James Carley

Why South Australia Is A Hotspot For Rare Fireballs

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8 months ago

Why South Australia Is A Hotspot For Rare Fireballs

Sarah Basford

How Not To Overeat This Christmas, According To Science

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8 months ago

How Not To Overeat This Christmas, According To Science

Laura Wilkinson

Acidic Oceans Are Corroding The Tooth-Like Scales Of Shark Skin

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8 months ago

Acidic Oceans Are Corroding The Tooth-Like Scales Of Shark Skin

Rory Cooper

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8 months ago

Does The Science Of Star Wars Hold Up?

Carsten Welsch

A Recycling Renegade Is Out Of Prison And Ready To Tackle The Electric Vehicle Battery Crisis

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8 months ago

A Recycling Renegade Is Out Of Prison And Ready To Tackle The Electric Vehicle Battery Crisis

Maddie Stone

Science & Health

8 months ago

When Did Homo Erectus Die Out?

K. Westaway and M. Westaway and R. Ciochon

How You Can Eat Healthier, Recycle And Make Better Decisions Every Day

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8 months ago

How You Can Eat Healthier, Recycle And Make Better Decisions Every Day

José Antonio Rosa

The Madrid Climate Conference’s Real Failure Was Not Getting A Broad Deal On Global Carbon Markets

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8 months ago

The Madrid Climate Conference’s Real Failure Was Not Getting A Broad Deal On Global Carbon Markets

Robert Stavins

Feeling Sick Is An Emotion Meant To Help You Get Better Faster

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8 months ago

Feeling Sick Is An Emotion Meant To Help You Get Better Faster

Joshua Schrock

Don’t Be Fooled By Australia’s Latest Report On The Great Barrier Reef

Science & Health

8 months ago

Don’t Be Fooled By Australia’s Latest Report On The Great Barrier Reef

Jon C. Day

AI May Soon Be Able To Analyse Your Tweets To Match You To A Job

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8 months ago

AI May Soon Be Able To Analyse Your Tweets To Match You To A Job

P. Kern and M-A Rizoiu and P. McCarthy

Which Countries Are Likely To Meet Their Paris Agreement Targets

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8 months ago

Which Countries Are Likely To Meet Their Paris Agreement Targets

Robert McLachlan

We Put Burger King’s Impossible Whopper To The Test Against The OG Whopper

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8 months ago

We Put Burger King’s Impossible Whopper To The Test Against The OG Whopper

Shabana Arif

Having More Than 10 Drinks A Week Can Increase Your Risk Of Health Problems

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8 months ago

Having More Than 10 Drinks A Week Can Increase Your Risk Of Health Problems

Nicole Lee

How Can We Make Sure That Algorithms Are Fair?

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8 months ago

How Can We Make Sure That Algorithms Are Fair?

Karthik Kannan

Science & Health

8 months ago

Why Are Whales Big, But Not Bigger?

M. Savoca and J. Goldbogen and N. Pyenson

The Madrid Climate Talks Failed Spectacularly

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8 months ago

The Madrid Climate Talks Failed Spectacularly

Kate Dooley

Conspiracy Theories: How Belief Is Rooted In Evolution, Not Ignorance

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8 months ago

Conspiracy Theories: How Belief Is Rooted In Evolution, Not Ignorance

Mikael Klintman

Tough Nuts: Why Peanuts Trigger Such Powerful Allergic Reactions

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8 months ago

Tough Nuts: Why Peanuts Trigger Such Powerful Allergic Reactions

Dwan Price

Australia Needs A National Crisis Plan, And Not Just For Bushfires

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8 months ago

Australia Needs A National Crisis Plan, And Not Just For Bushfires

Andrew Gissing and Michael Eburn

A New Study Shows An Animal’s Lifespan Is Written In DNA — For Humans, It’s 38 Years

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8 months ago

A New Study Shows An Animal’s Lifespan Is Written In DNA — For Humans, It’s 38 Years

Benjamin Mayne

Supermassive Black Hole At The Centre Of Our Galaxy May Have A Friend

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8 months ago

Supermassive Black Hole At The Centre Of Our Galaxy May Have A Friend

Smadar Naoz

Which Face Masks Actually Protect You From Bushfire Smoke?

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8 months ago

Which Face Masks Actually Protect You From Bushfire Smoke?

Lidia Morawska

Nicolas Bourbaki: The Greatest Mathematician Who Never Was

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8 months ago

Nicolas Bourbaki: The Greatest Mathematician Who Never Was

David Gunderman

Now Australian Cities Are Choking On Smoke, Will We Finally Talk About Climate Change?

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8 months ago

Now Australian Cities Are Choking On Smoke, Will We Finally Talk About Climate Change?

Blanche Verlie

Inside Sydney’s Fight To Save The Climate

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8 months ago

Inside Sydney’s Fight To Save The Climate

Tegan Jones

Ancient Penguins Were As Tall As People, And We’ve Discovered The Evolutionary Link

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8 months ago

Ancient Penguins Were As Tall As People, And We’ve Discovered The Evolutionary Link

Jacob Blokland

Older People Need To Stay Hydrated To Stay Healthy

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8 months ago

Older People Need To Stay Hydrated To Stay Healthy

Cini Bhanu

How To Fight Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes

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8 months ago

How To Fight Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes

Cameron Webb et. al.

Today’s Climate And Bush Fire Rally: Everything You Need To Know

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8 months ago

Today’s Climate And Bush Fire Rally: Everything You Need To Know

Tegan Jones

Navigate Family Conversations About Climate Change With These Tips From Greta Thunberg

Science & Health

8 months ago

Navigate Family Conversations About Climate Change With These Tips From Greta Thunberg

Peter Ellerton

Science & Health

8 months ago

Why Do We Get Bruises?

Abishek Santhakumar

The X17 Factor: A Particle New To Physics Might Solve The Dark Matter Mystery

Science & Health

8 months ago

The X17 Factor: A Particle New To Physics Might Solve The Dark Matter Mystery

Celine Boehm and Tibor Kibedi

Google Confirms Achieving Quantum Supremacy

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8 months ago

Google Confirms Achieving Quantum Supremacy

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Antibiotic Resistance Is An Even Greater Challenge In Remote Indigenous Communities

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8 months ago

Antibiotic Resistance Is An Even Greater Challenge In Remote Indigenous Communities

Asha Bowen and Steven Tong

Where To Buy The Right Face Masks For Smoke

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8 months ago

Where To Buy The Right Face Masks For Smoke

Leah Williams

What Makes Wine Dry? It’s Easy To Taste, But Much Harder To Measure

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8 months ago

What Makes Wine Dry? It’s Easy To Taste, But Much Harder To Measure

Aude Watrelot

Work Is A Fundamental Part Of Being Human, Robots Won’t Stop Us Doing It

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8 months ago

Work Is A Fundamental Part Of Being Human, Robots Won’t Stop Us Doing It

Jean-Philippe Deranty

Thank Fungi For Cheese, Wine And Beer This Holiday Season

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8 months ago

Thank Fungi For Cheese, Wine And Beer This Holiday Season

Antonis Rokas

Why White Island Erupted Without Warning

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8 months ago

Why White Island Erupted Without Warning

Shane Cronin

Science Needs True Diversity To Succeed, And Australian Astronomy Shows How We Can Get It

Science & Health

8 months ago

Science Needs True Diversity To Succeed, And Australian Astronomy Shows How We Can Get It

Lisa Kewley

From Their Balloons, The First Aeronauts Transformed Our View Of The World

Science & Health

8 months ago

From Their Balloons, The First Aeronauts Transformed Our View Of The World

Jennifer Tucker

How Stress Speeds Up Your Chromosomes’ Ageing Clock

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8 months ago

How Stress Speeds Up Your Chromosomes’ Ageing Clock

Szymek Drobniak

Science & Health

8 months ago

Why Is The Sun’s Atmosphere So Hot?

Daniel Verscharen

Global Emissions To Hit 36.8 Billion Tonnes, Beating Last Year’s Record High

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8 months ago

Global Emissions To Hit 36.8 Billion Tonnes, Beating Last Year’s Record High

Pep Canadell et. al.

Why Some Scientists Want To Rewrite The History Of How We Learned To Walk

Science & Health

8 months ago

Why Some Scientists Want To Rewrite The History Of How We Learned To Walk

Vivien Shaw and Isabelle Catherine Winder

A 6,000-Year-Old Fruit Fly Gave The World Modern Cheeses And Yogurts

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8 months ago

A 6,000-Year-Old Fruit Fly Gave The World Modern Cheeses And Yogurts

John Morrissey

Satellites And Lasers Are Being Used To Shoot Information Through Space Faster Than Ever Before

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8 months ago

Satellites And Lasers Are Being Used To Shoot Information Through Space Faster Than Ever Before

Gottfried Lechner

Cars

8 months ago

Trees Aren’t Gonna Fix This

Erik Shilling

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

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8 months ago

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

D. Yeates and K. Hogendoorn and M. Sanders

To Stop A Tech Apocalypse, We Need Ethics And The Arts

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8 months ago

To Stop A Tech Apocalypse, We Need Ethics And The Arts

Sara James and Sarah Midford

Returning To Country: We Should Use Genetics, Geology And More To Repatriate Aboriginal Remains

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8 months ago

Returning To Country: We Should Use Genetics, Geology And More To Repatriate Aboriginal Remains

M. Collard et. al.

We Can Reverse Antibiotic Resistance In Australia: Here’s How Sweden Is Doing It

Science & Health

8 months ago

We Can Reverse Antibiotic Resistance In Australia: Here’s How Sweden Is Doing It

M. Bakhit and C. Del Mar and H. Kornfält Isberg

Are ‘Dog Years’ For Real? An Explanation Of Calculating Canine Age

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8 months ago

Are ‘Dog Years’ For Real? An Explanation Of Calculating Canine Age

Christian Yates

Underwater Speakers Used To Trick Fish Into Returning To Great Barrier Reef

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8 months ago

Underwater Speakers Used To Trick Fish Into Returning To Great Barrier Reef

Sarah Basford

Dopamine Fasting: An Expert Reviews The Latest Craze In Silicon Valley

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8 months ago

Dopamine Fasting: An Expert Reviews The Latest Craze In Silicon Valley

Ciara McCabe

Scientists Re-counted Australia’s Extinct Species, And The Result Is Devastating

Science & Health

8 months ago

Scientists Re-counted Australia’s Extinct Species, And The Result Is Devastating

J. Woinarski et. al.

What Is The Pharmacy Guild Of Australia And Why Does It Wield So Much Power?

Science & Health

8 months ago

What Is The Pharmacy Guild Of Australia And Why Does It Wield So Much Power?

Lesley Russell

How To Avoid Food Poisoning At Summer Picnics

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8 months ago

How To Avoid Food Poisoning At Summer Picnics

M. Kirk and E. Fearnley and K. Glass

This Dinosaur Was So Savage It Needed New Teeth Every Two Months

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8 months ago

This Dinosaur Was So Savage It Needed New Teeth Every Two Months

Sarah Basford

Virtual Reality Won’t Make Cows Happier, But It Might Help Us See Them Differently

Science & Health

8 months ago

Virtual Reality Won’t Make Cows Happier, But It Might Help Us See Them Differently

Sarah Webber and Marcus Carter

My Carbon Footprint Is Massive, Here’s How I’m Going To Change It

Science & Health

8 months ago

My Carbon Footprint Is Massive, Here’s How I’m Going To Change It

Elizabeth Blackstock

A Hot And Dry Australian Summer Means Heatwaves And Fire Risk Ahead

Science & Health

8 months ago

A Hot And Dry Australian Summer Means Heatwaves And Fire Risk Ahead

Catherine Ganter and Andrew B. Watkins

The Case Of The Pirated Blueberries: Courts Flex New Muscle To Protect Plant Breeders’ Intellectual Property

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8 months ago

The Case Of The Pirated Blueberries: Courts Flex New Muscle To Protect Plant Breeders’ Intellectual Property

David Jefferson

How Do Guide Dogs Know Where Their Owners Want To Go?

Science & Health

8 months ago

How Do Guide Dogs Know Where Their Owners Want To Go?

Carmel Nottle

Fish Kills And Undrinkable Water: Here’s What To Expect For The Murray Darling This Summer

Science & Health

8 months ago

Fish Kills And Undrinkable Water: Here’s What To Expect For The Murray Darling This Summer

Jamie Pittock

What Happens To Your Body When You’re Dehydrated?

Science & Health

8 months ago

What Happens To Your Body When You’re Dehydrated?

Toby Mündel

How Drought Is Affecting Water Supply In Australia’s Capital Cities

Science & Health

8 months ago

How Drought Is Affecting Water Supply In Australia’s Capital Cities

Ian Wright and Jason Reynolds

A Surprisingly Big Black Hole Might Have Swallowed A Star From The Inside Out, And Scientists Are Baffled

Science & Health

8 months ago

A Surprisingly Big Black Hole Might Have Swallowed A Star From The Inside Out, And Scientists Are Baffled

Roberto Soria

Ageing Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist

Cars

8 months ago

Ageing Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist

Alanis King

Climate Explained: How Much Does Flying Contribute To Climate Change?

Science & Health

8 months ago

Climate Explained: How Much Does Flying Contribute To Climate Change?

Shaun Hendy

How Weather Radar Can Keep Tabs On The Elusive Magpie Goose

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8 months ago

How Weather Radar Can Keep Tabs On The Elusive Magpie Goose

Rebecca Rogers

As Bushfires Intensify, We Need To Acknowledge The Strain On Our Volunteers

Science & Health

8 months ago

As Bushfires Intensify, We Need To Acknowledge The Strain On Our Volunteers

Blythe McLennan

New Type Of Star System? Mysterious Radio Signal Puzzles Astronomers

Science & Health

8 months ago

New Type Of Star System? Mysterious Radio Signal Puzzles Astronomers

Laura Nicole Driessen

Moon 2069: Lunar Tourism And Deep Space Launches A Century On From Apollo?

Science & Health

8 months ago

Moon 2069: Lunar Tourism And Deep Space Launches A Century On From Apollo?

Monica Grady

Some Dog Licks Can Lead To Death, Apparently

Science & Health

8 months ago

Some Dog Licks Can Lead To Death, Apparently

Sarah Basford

The Science Of Laughter, And Why It Also Has A Dark Side

Science & Health

8 months ago

The Science Of Laughter, And Why It Also Has A Dark Side

Lynne A Barker

There’s A Place In Ethiopia That’s Too Metal To Sustain Life

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8 months ago

There’s A Place In Ethiopia That’s Too Metal To Sustain Life

Sarah Basford

Were Other Humans The First Victims Of The Sixth Mass Extinction?

Science & Health

8 months ago

Were Other Humans The First Victims Of The Sixth Mass Extinction?

Nick Longrich

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