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Sea turtles diving through the eye of the storm help develop better cyclone forecasts
Christopher Chapman, UNSW Sydney; Clive McMahon, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, and Rob Harcourt, Macquarie University Every summer,…
Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’
Alex Krasnok, Florida International University Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds…
Our understanding of lightning has been driven by fear and shaped by curiosity
Lightning can carry between 100 million to one billion volts of electricity. (Josep Castells/Unsplash), CC BY Peter Watson,…
The Corporation That Pitted Farmer Against Farmer
An investigation into Monsanto reveals how the agricultural giant used aggressive legal tactics, ghostwritten science, and a culture of fear to build a monopoly around its controversial herbicide, Roundup, culminating in thousands of cancer lawsuits.
Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific – even though the waves look small. Here’s why
Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne and Zahra Shahhoseini, Monash University One of the ten largest earthquakes ever…