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The Doomsday Clock is now at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest we have ever been to global catastrophe
At 90 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock indicates the level of human-made threats. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Jack…
Claims that foetuses are surrounded by bacteria in the womb are incorrect – new review
Turns out it is a sterile environment after all. Rawpixel/Shutterstock Jens Walter, University College Cork When a baby…
Why do cats and dogs get the zoomies?
Shutterstock Susan Hazel, University of Adelaide; Ana Goncalves Costa, University of Adelaide, and Julia Henning, University of Adelaide…
Astronomers reveal the most detailed radio image yet of the Milky Way’s galactic plane
Combined images from the ASKAP and Parkes radio telescopes. R. Kothes (NRC) and the PEGASUS team, Author provided…
How Do Batteries Work, Anyway?
In today’s increasingly mobile world, we rely heavily on innovations that allow us to move with our gadgets.…
The study of evolution is fracturing – and that may be a good thing
Darkdiamond67/Shutterstock Erik Svensson, Lund University How will life on Earth and the ecosystems that support it adapt to…
Physicists have used entanglement to ‘stretch’ the uncertainty principle, improving quantum measurements
Shutterstock Lorcan Conlon, Australian National University and Syed Assad, Australian National University Almost a century ago, German physicist…
Why is astronomy a science but astrology is not?
Your zodiac sign – like Sagittarius, the archer – might be in the stars, but your future isn’t.…
AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers
Could AI be your next colleague – or replacement? PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images Lynne Parker, University of Tennessee;…
NASA’s busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope began sending its first images back to Earth in the summer of 2022.…