The bottoms of boats and docks can accumulate lots of dirt, but semiaquatic animals like otters avoid having ‘fouled’ fur. Their secret could one day help keep underwater infrastructure clean.
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The nature of dark energy remains one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.
Zosurabalpin is highly effective against dangerous bacterium Crab, which can kill up to 60% of people infected with it.
AI could take us beyond the concept of smart cities, telling us how and why things happen in urban settings.
The Peregrine and Nova-C landers are due to carry out valuable science at two diverse lunar locations.
There is a large energy cost to breaking apart and mixing the water and oil layers. The secret to blending them is to add an extra ingredient known as a ‘surfactant’ or emulsifier, like mustard.
H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
Theranos was dissolved years ago, and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, is in prison, but the company’s patents based on bad science live on – a stark example of the persistence of faulty information.
You may have seen contestants on reality shows like “Survivor” make fire using friction, but do you know the physics behind the process?
If scientists cannot freely conduct and communicate their work, the gap between evidence and policy widens, and that means Canada gets less effective laws and policies.
Pisa measures 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years - but is that the best way to test an education system?
It also explains why there are exceptions to the rule – including humans, who have strikingly short faces relative to the braincase.
If we weren’t here to shape, feed and care for our dogs – how might they change?
Science communication has to start with values – and most of the time it does.
Decades ago, the international community codified science as a cultural right and protected expression of human creativity. Reaffirming science’s value can help it better serve humanity.
Claims about the discovery of a coveted room-temperature superconductor peppered the news in 2023. We pulled three stories from our archives on what superconductivity is and why scientists study it.
The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show Australian 15-year-olds have recorded similar results to 2015 and 2018 in maths, science and reading.
Science is essential for human flourishing. So why does so much science communication paint a bleak, nihilist picture of the world?
James O'Hanlon’s easy and humorous style makes Silk and Venom a readily digestible and satisfying meal for anyone with an interest in the natural world.
The movement patterns in sperm could be explained by maths often used to describe the way chemicals interact.
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