Family crucial to orca survival

Orcas live in stable, structured social groups. And their survival directly depends on it, as a…

A unique experiment to explore black holes

What happens when two supermassive black holes collide? Combining the observing power of two future ESA…

Research explores how the management of feral cats can protect native species

New Massey research hopes to improve the management of feral cats for the protection of native…

Clocks, gravity, and the limits of relativity

The International Space Station will host the most precise clocks ever to leave Earth. Accurate to…

Seeing inside superfog

While prescribed fires are common tools in wildland management, a combination of smoke and fog, known…

New approach captures detailed mid-infrared images for medical diagnostics

Researchers have developed a unique high-resolution imaging method that can capture mid-infrared spectral images of fast…

2040: Hope and action in the climate crisis

It was framed as “the climate election,” but last week Australia returned a government with climate…

Ultra-small microorganisms contribute to global carbon cycles

Scientists report that ultra-small microorganisms make greater contributions to global carbon cycles than previously realized and…

Eastern China pinpointed as source of rogue ozone-depleting emissions

A mysterious rebound in the emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals—despite a global ban stretching back almost a…

New ultra diffuse galaxy found in the NGC 5846 group

Astronomers have detected a new ultra diffuse galaxy (UDG) located most likely in the NGC 5846…