November 8, 2020 saw NASAs Juno spacecraft fly through a beam of electrons travelling from GanymedeJupiters largest moon to its auroral footprint on the planet Using data from the spacecrafts payloa… [+4028 chars]
Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost e… [+3243 chars]
Scientists now know that things go bump on Mars on a fairly regular basis, adding to mounting evidence that the Red Planet is far from dead. New research has revealed previously undetected quakes b… [+6976 chars]
April is the cruellest month, wrote TS Eliot in his poem The Waste Land. This is not only because the UK tax year begins this week, but also because the centennial of one of the twentieth centurys mo… [+2173 chars]
Apr 6 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith The flourishing field of optoelectronic devices is accountable for driving the development of new alkali metal-based chalcogenides consisting of qualities that have … [+2815 chars]
Scientists may have found direct evidence for the first time of a dinosaur that died as a result of a massive asteroid that collided with Earth more than 66 million years ago. A tiny shard of the a… [+384 chars]
A study in Economic Inquiry uses a novel experimental design to deconstruct the motives behind engaging in cronyism, for example, when a manager hires a friend without proper regard to their qualific… [+1814 chars]
When it comes to deciding when and where the Ingenuity helicopter will fly, it's not a simple matter of plugging in a destination and hitting a button. The team's biggest concern is to preserve the h… [+1125 chars]
April is the cruellest month, wrote TS Eliot in his poem The Waste Land. This is not only because the UK tax year begins this week, but also because the centennial of one of the twentieth centurys mo… [+2173 chars]
Before the InSight Lander arrived on Mars, scientists could only estimate what the planet’s internal structure might be. Its size, mass, and moment of inertia were their main clues. Meteorites, orbit… [+14343 chars]
Ground-breaking research into the hot structures deep in the Earth suggest they could be much more fluid than once supposed. An article published this week by the prestigious journal, Nature, shows … [+2748 chars]
Fossilised dinosaur tracks uncovered in Spain were left by a theropod with an injured left foot 129 million years ago, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the Autonomous University in Madrid … [+4656 chars]