Media 'impartiality' on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous

In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in…

Exploring strangeness and the primordial Universe

Physicists believe that in the Universe’s first ten microseconds free quarks and gluons filled all of…

Image: Hubble spies bar, baby stars

The galaxy depicted in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is a barred spiral known as NGC…

How do woodpeckers avoid brain injury?

Slamming a beak against the trunk of a tree would seem like an activity that would…

Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don't fit their worldview

Something is rotten in the state of American political life. The U.S. (among other nations) is…

Study identifies the first potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae

Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the Antarctic coasts, according to…

Making simulated cosmic dust—in the microwave

Cosmic dust is the key to the chemical evolution of stars, planets, and life itself, but…

Calculating Hawking radiation at the event horizon of a black hole

A RUDN University physicist has developed a formula for calculating Hawking radiation on the event horizon…

Compulsory super contributions: There's no 'one-size-fits-all' percentage

Among the topics being investigated by the government’s retirement incomes review is whether compulsory super contributions…

Air-to-Air Refueling Broadens the C295 Tactical Airlifter’s Operational Versatility

The new capability for Airbus’ C295 to serve as an aerial tanker brings additional flexibility for…