Small gold mines in Senegal create high mercury contamination

A Duke University-led study has found dangerously high levels of mercury and its more toxic chemical…

Engineers make drug testing more efficient and affordable

McMaster University engineers have devised a way to make testing for new drugs more efficient and…

Bursting with excitement – A look at bubbles and fluids in space

Watching a bubble float effortlessly through the International Space Station may be mesmerizing and beautiful to…

Global warming – we have lessons to learn from the Pliocene epoch

Carbon levels around 3 million years ago were similar to those of today and temperatures were…

Is Elon Musk’s playboy space odyssey really the future we want?

The Falcon Heavy rocket’s first launch has put a red Tesla Roadster into space. The images…

Video: Why study mouse lemurs?

Like humans, mouse lemurs sometimes develop amyloid brain plaques and other Alzheimer's-like symptoms as they age.…

Moulds produce plant growth hormone

Plants, bacteria and various fungi produce a specific group of hormones known as auxins. Together with…

The loneliest firework display

Roughly 50 million light-years away lies a somewhat overlooked little galaxy named NGC 1559. Pictured here…

The loneliest firework display

Roughly 50 million light-years away lies a somewhat overlooked little galaxy named NGC 1559. Pictured here…

An international plastics treaty could avert a ‘Silent Spring’ for the seas

Global problems —like our plastic-choked seas —need global solutions.