Cave paintings are often called the first art ever made. But can we really call these early cave people artists?
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Podcast series from The Conversation where children ask academics questions wins gold at the British Podcast Awards.
Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.
Thomas Edison is just part of the answer, and the light bulb is just part of what he achieved.
Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its orbit around the Sun at 67,000 mph? Here’s why you don’t feel all that motion.
Why scientists still can’t agree what dreams are for.
The Moon influences ocean tides – and ocean tides, in some ways, influence the Moon back.
And other questions about animal snot answered.
Homework that’s creative or linked to your passions is more enjoyable.
Different paint recipes work for different uses. Two art conservators explain how analyzing paints from the past can reveal how they were made – and how best to preserve them.
Your food goes on a complex journey as it travels from your mouth to your colon.
Golf is one of a handful of sports that reward low scores, not high ones. That means getting around the course efficiently and not wasting strokes.
Researchers have found dreams are most likely to occur during the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement, or REM.
Water and oxygen can make metals oxidize and rust, but researchers have found many ways to prevent this damage.
Power grids could likely handle the surge of demand, but all that light would pollute dark zones nearby.
Whether reading a book or listening to a podcast, the goal is the same: understanding. But these activities support comprehension in different ways.
Studying why heart cells are less likely to become cancerous can provide clues to improving heart regeneration and treatments for heart disease.
The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the very first boats traversed the world’s waterways.
An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope has 2 powerful instruments that see light the human eye can’t.
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