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NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit – here’s what to expect and why it’s important
NASA is going back to the Moon. NASA Jack Burns, University of Colorado Boulder NASA’s Artemis 1 mission…
Expanding Alzheimer’s research with primates could overcome the problem with treatments that show promise in mice but don’t help humans
Rhesus macaques experience an aging process similar to people’s. Goddard Photography/E+ via Getty Images Agnès Lacreuse, UMass Amherst;…
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
A turbulent melt-river pours a million tons of water a day into a moulin, where it flows down…
Should we bring back the thylacine? We asked 5 experts
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Signe Dean, The Conversation In a newly announced partnership with Texas biotech company…
Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky
Jurik Peter/Shutterstock Luke Barnes, Western Sydney University; Miroslav Filipovic, Western Sydney University; Ray Norris, Western Sydney University, and…
How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon
How long do we really need chemicals to last? Sura Nualpradid/EyeEm via Getty Images A. Daniel Jones, Michigan…
Why are bigger animals more energy-efficient? A new answer to a centuries-old biological puzzle
Nam Anh / Unsplash Craig White, Monash University and Dustin Marshall, Monash University If you think about “unravelling…
After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning
NASA / JPL Alice Gorman, Flinders University On August 20 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left…
Sandcastle engineering – a geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and sand create solid structures
There’s a lot of science behind the natural forces that let this guy work his magic at the…
Canada is witnessing more thunderstorms than ever before
Severe thunderstorms occur in Canada every year, bringing with them large hail, damaging downburst winds, intense rainfall and…