A stormy, active sun may have kickstarted life on Earth

The first building blocks of life on Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from our…

Scientists present evidence for a billion-years arms race between viruses and their hosts

Researchers have proposed a new evolutionary model for the origin of a kingdom of viruses called…

Study: Survey methodology should be calibrated to account for negative attitudes about immigrants and asylum-seekers

As of 2021 it is estimated that world-wide the number of refugees and asylum-seekers is over…

Study shows governments escape blame by contracting services such as prisoner transport

Governments and private contractors work together on countless functions, but when something goes wrong, who is…

Cool as ice: How new research is helping scientists preserve cells

A method to store advanced cell models has been developed by researchers at the University of…

We can now see into the permanently shadowed craters on the moon

An instrument called ShadowCam is giving NASA’s planned Artemis missions to the moon some advanced views…

Microbot toys demonstrate how biological machines move

By connecting small self-propelling toys in a chain, researchers at the UvA Institute of Physics have…

How archaeologists reconstructed a Roman gateway to tell the story of Britain's invasion

Visitors to Richborough Roman fort near Sandwich in east Kent will now find a major new…

Researchers call for a new approach to studying academic progress

In the study of higher education, universities have long been viewed as pipelines, preparing students for…

'We have 30 extra years': A new way of thinking about aging

As one of three co-teachers of a Stanford Graduate School of Business course on the rapidly…