A startling phenomenon occurs after a bushfire tears through a landscape. From the blackened soil springs…
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Radio emission from a neutron star's magnetic pole revealed by General Relativity
Pulsars in binary systems are affected by relativistic effects, causing the spin axes of each pulsar…
Riding (and winning) like a girl: Female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders
This month, the biopic of jockey Michelle Payne’s life, Ride Like A Girl, will be released. …
Can we really know what animals are thinking?
Sarah, “the world’s smartest chimp,” died in July 2019, just before her 60th birthday. For the…
Clues for Mars in the Australian Outback
Scientists with NASA’s Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission traveled to the Australian Outback…
The truth about conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theories have been around for hundreds of years, but with the rise of the internet,…
Strictly Come Dancing: research shows that the luck of the draw matters in talent shows
A viscountess, a radio DJ, a reality star, a vlogger, a comedian, several sportspeople and an…
Scientists develop a deep learning method to solve a fundamental problem in statistical physics
A team of scientists at Freie Universität Berlin has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) method that…
Study answers longstanding cell-development riddle
During the lifetime of a body—whether human, fish or any other type of vertebrate—cells die, making…
New hair follicles can corral skin cancer
The same genetic mutations that can trigger cancer in some tissues are relatively harmless in others.…