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What Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny gets right (and very wrong) about the historical Antikythera Mechanism
Disney/ Wikipedia Tatiana Bur, Australian National University At the heart of the newest film in the Indiana Jones…
Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’
NASA / JPL-Caltech Glen Nagle, CSIRO In 1977, five years before ET asked to “phone home”, two robotic…
Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction
An offshore drilling platform. Mike Mareen/Shutterstock Ed Hawkins, University of Reading The world has just suffered through its…
Secrets wrapped in fabric: how our study of 100 decomposing piglet bodies will help solve criminal cases
Photo by Stevie Ziogos, Author provided Paola A. Magni, Murdoch University and Ian Dadour, Murdoch University Until the…
Meg 2: the truth about the extinct mega shark – and why even this ridiculous film could inspire future palaeontologists
Jack Cooper, Swansea University Otodus megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, has long captured the imaginations of…
European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame?
Blistering temperatures are spreading across southern and eastern Europe. Massimo Todaro/Shutterstock Emma Hill, Coventry University and Ben Vivian,…
The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater climate chaos across Europe
andrejs polivanovs / shutterstock Robert Marsh, University of Southampton Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere…
Viral room-temperature superconductor claims spark excitement – and skepticism
Hyun-Tak Kim Mahboobeh Shahbazi, Queensland University of Technology Last week, a group of South Korean physicists made a…
Why homes often feel warmer than the thermostat suggests – and what to do about it
The temperature you feel on a hot, sunny day doesn’t always match the thermostat. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via…
Does it matter what time of day I eat? And can intermittent fasting improve my health? Here’s what the science says
Shutterstock Frederic Gachon, The University of Queensland and Meltem Weger, The University of Queensland Early hunter-gatherers faced long…