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Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer
A map showing the ‘Martian dichotomy’: the southern highlands are in yellows and oranges, the northern lowlands in…
We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming
BEST-BACKGROUNDS / shutterstock / NASA Tian Li, University of Bristol; Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol, and Konrad Heidler,…
Microbes can colonize space, produce drugs and create energy − researchers are simulating their inner workings to harness how
Genome-scale metabolic models capture the complex chemical reactions that allow cells to function. Yuri Arcurs/iStock via Getty Images…
Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/NOAA, CC BY-SA Rupert Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington…
Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows
EPA/MIGUEL ANGEL POLO Albert Van Dijk, Australian National University Last year, Earth experienced its hottest year on record…
That Arctic blast can feel brutally cold, but how much colder than ‘normal’ is it really?
Philadelphia Eagles fans braved temperatures in the 20s to watch their team play the New York Giants on…
Carbon dioxide has been regulating Earth’s climate for hundreds of millions of years – new study
300 million years ago, much of the planet was covered in ice. james_stone76 / shutterstock Hana Jurikova, University…
2025 will see huge advances in quantum computing. So what is a quantum chip and how does it work?
Motion Loop/Shutterstock Muhammad Usman, CSIRO In recent years, the field of quantum computing has been experiencing fast growth,…
Why do falcons have stripes under their eyes? The answer is more complex than we thought
Arjun Amar, University of Cape Town and Chevonne Reynolds, University of the Witwatersrand Falcons are found worldwide, from…
Spiders ‘smell’ with their legs – new research
Male garden spider, Araneus diadematus. Robert Adami/Shutterstock Dan-Dan Zhang, Lund University Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so…