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China’s new Moon mission is about to launch, and it’s a rare example of countries working together
Bruno Scramgnon/Pexels Richard de Grijs, Macquarie University All systems are “go” for tonight’s launch of China’s next step…
‘Everywhere we looked we found evidence’: the godfather of microplastics on 20 years of pollution research and the fight for global action
University of Plymouth, CC BY-ND Richard Thompson, University of Plymouth Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and…
Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of
Debbie Passey, The University of Melbourne Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to…
Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s still room to improve
What you expect can influence what you think you see. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Todd M.…
Collecting live snakes in remote Amazon regions for study is no easy task – here’s how we do it
Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) Brazil records an average of 29,000 snakebites a year, leading…
What are nanoplastics? An engineer explains concerns about particles too small to see
You can’t see them, but there likely are nanoplastics in this Mediterranean seawater. Lisa Schaetzle, Moment, via Getty…
Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?
Austin Human/Unsplash Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology How does Earth stop meteors from hitting Earth and hurting…
Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them
The changes that came with the transition from foraging to farming paved the way for disease. Nastasic/DigitalVision Vectors…
Our new vaccine could protect against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet – new study
Numstocker/Shutterstock Rory Hills, University of Oxford The rapid development of vaccines that protect against COVID was a remarkable…
Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability
An artist’s illustration of hydrogen disappearing from Venus. Aurore Simonnet/ Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics/ University of…