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Designing the best molecular building blocks for battery components is like trying to create a recipe…

Japanese anime and zoos boost public interest in conservation of real-life animal characters

Animated shows with animal characters can increase public interest in real wildlife, including boosting donations to…

Steve over the picket fence

Strange ribbons of purple light that appeared in the sky – known as Steve – became…

Official group photo Space19+

Ministers from ESA’s Member States, along with Associate Member Slovenia and Cooperating State Canada, gathered in…

Cleaning the dishes

Large antennas are our only current way of communicating through space across vast distances, and every…

How many voters really switch parties in British elections? What the evidence tells us

With the 2019 election campaign in full swing, there is little evidence in the polls that…

Wildlife are exposed to more pollution than previously thought

Sometimes, pollution is blatantly obvious: the iridescent slick of an oil spill, goopy algae washing up…

World's oldest comma shrimp was way ahead of the curve

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest “comma” shrimp, a tiny crustacean shaped like its punctuation namesake. …

Call for media – Nobel Prize laureates call to Space Station

Press Release N° 21–2019 First ever video call between Space Station and Nobel Prize Laureates. Follow…

Bottlenose dolphins found to have right-side bias

A team of researchers with the Dolphin Communication Project, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Hunter…