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South Africa is famous for its biodiversity: a new network will store and manage its plant and animal samples
Biobank samples can be used to support research in a range of disciplines. luchschenF/Shutterstock Michelle Hamer, South African…
Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?
Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University Pope Francis has had an operation this week to remove a hernia, which…
Brightest cosmic explosion of all time: how we may have solved the mystery of its puzzling persistence
An x-ray of the brightest ever gamma ray burst reflected off dust layers, creating extended ‘light echoes’ of…
What was the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of the Titan submersible? An expert explains
Eric Fusil, University of Adelaide The four day-long search for the missing Titan submersible has come to a…
Crocodile’s ‘virgin birth’ is a first for science’s history books
LuckyStep/Shutterstock Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilisation, have been…
While humans were in strict lockdown, wild mammals roamed further – new research
Robert Patchett, University of St Andrews At one point in 2020, 4.4 billion people – more than half…
Long COVID could be caused by the virus lingering in the body. Here’s what the science says
Alexander Grey/Unsplash Stephen Kent, The University of Melbourne and Chansavath Phetsouphanh, UNSW Sydney While most people survive and…
Blockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
Blockchain technology has many uses beyond cryptocurrency. Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images Yu Chen, Binghamton University, State University…
How understanding plant body clocks could help transform how food is grown
Rimma Bondarenko/Shutterstock Katharine Hubbard, University of Hull Have you ever had a bad case of jet lag? That…
The ‘good fire’: Prescribed burning can prevent catastrophic wildfires in the future
Fire, in its proper place, is a renewing force — one that can reduce the probability of catastrophic…