The Hubble Space Telescope observed a pair of spiral galaxies, known as IC 4271, located some 800 million light-years from Earth. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville R… [+2785 chars]
In the early 2000s, a new set of data revised the chemical abundances at the surface of the sun, contradicting the values predicted by the standard models used by astrophysicists. Often challenged, t… [+5585 chars]
Observing complexitystability patterns in natural microbial communities without network reconstruction. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01745-8 Government coal… [+6338 chars]
For decades, paleobotanist David Greenwood has collected fossil plants from Australiasome so well preserved it's hard to believe they're millions of years old. These fossils hold details about the an… [+5829 chars]
Skoltech researchers are forecasting that by 204060, Sosnowsky's hogweed will likely exploit global warming to expand its habitat, threatening to infest almost the entire European part of Russia. Pub… [+3553 chars]
In an analysis of data for more than ten million research teams, across eleven academic fields from 1961 to 2020, a new working paper from the Oxford Martin Program on the Future of Work has determin… [+2880 chars]
You can boost your productivity by taking advantage of the Zeigarnik effect. The Zeigarnik effect describes the way unfinished tasks remain active in our mind, intruding into our thoughts and our sl… [+9929 chars]
Tuesday, May 31st 2022, 4:50 pm - The southern delta Aquariids and the Perseids combine this summer for a double meteor shower. The nights may be shorter during the summer months, but they are just … [+7931 chars]
Planetary scientist Katarina Miljkovic is discussing how she uses “space rocks” to understand how planets form. She’s available for interview and is giving free public talks this week in North Sydney… [+2721 chars]
If you dig into Freudian psychology, you can probably scrape together a more or less convincing reason why male mice cower at the sight of a banana. Fortunately, nobody needs to do that because beh… [+3073 chars]
NASA’s much celebrated James Webb Space Telescope is just weeks away from full operation. The huge telescope plans to start it’s in-depth science investigation by exploring strange, new rocky worlds… [+2805 chars]
The Klauea volcano in Hawaii is known as the most active volcano globally, and still, we don’t understand how it was born. Recent research implies the original stock of magma lies further than 90 ki… [+1591 chars]
