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Science is just starting to understand the benefits of athletes putting their brains in ‘auto pilot’
Michael John O’Keeffe, The University of Queensland In a much-publicised 2014 study, two Japanese neuroscience researchers found Brazilian…
The science behind splashdown − an aerospace engineer explains how NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth
The Orion capsule from NASA’s Artemis I mission splashes down. NASA via AP Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of…
Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that
ishibashi seiichi/Shutterstock Marianne Dehasque, Uppsala University and Love Dalén, Stockholm University In science, we usually share our successes…
Want to help our precious nocturnal bugs during Matariki’s longer nights? Turn the lights down low
Getty Images Janice Lord, University of Otago and Connal McLean, Te Papa Tongarewa In a world increasingly affected…
Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science
vikks / shutterstock Víctor Fernández García, Université de Lausanne and Cristina Santín, Swansea University It feels like we…
A ‘trilobite Pompeii’: perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash
A. El Albani (University of Poitiers) John Paterson, University of New England If you’ve ever visited the fossil…
We’re using drones to map the temperatures of lizards and this could boost reptile conservation
Emma Higgins, University of South Wales Forget pizza delivery, the latest use for drones may surprise you even…
Oldest living culture: our new research shows an Indigenous ritual passed down for 500 generations
GunaiKurnai Elder Uncle Russell Mullett at entrance to Cloggs Cave, East Gippsland. Jess Shapiro, courtesy GunaiKurnai Land and…
Arborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West
Carvings made over decades by Basque herders are endangered as their canvas, the aspens, are at risk. Sawtooth…
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years
Purple spring flowers growing on termite mounds in Namaqualand. A Potts, Author provided Michele Francis, Stellenbosch University The…