Women used to be more likely to vote Conservative than men but that all changed in 2017—research wants to find out why

In many nations in the immediate post-war period, women were more often supporters of rightwing parties…

Ancient pictograph vandalism at Bon Echo Provincial Park reveals ongoing disregard for Indigenous history

Vandalism has once again marred the ancient Indigenous pictographs nestled within Bon Echo Provincial Park about…

Australia has officially given up on eradicating the Varroa mite. Now what?

The federal government body in charge of pest control has announced Australia will abandon efforts on…

Researchers' analysis of perching birds points to new answers in evolutionary diversification

When Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands almost 200 years ago as a gentleman naturalist,…

Scientists reveal intricate mechanisms cells use to build protein destruction signals

Within the intricate molecular landscape inside of a cell, the orchestration of proteins demands precise control…

New nanopore tech for quicker, more thorough mRNA quality checks

Researchers at The University of Queensland are harnessing the latest sequencing technology developed by UK-based biotech…

Material would allow users to 'tune' windows to block targeted wavelengths of light

Researchers have demonstrated a material for next generation dynamic windows, which would allow building occupants to…

We could sequester CO2 by 're-greening' arid lands, plant scientists say

Reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will take more than cutting emissions—we will also need to…

New origin story for key regulatory gene: PRC2 repressed jumping genes in ancestors of eukaryotes

The key protein complex PRC2 was discovered decades ago to silence genes, but new findings by…

Parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh—it's also an extreme example of genome shrinkage

If you happen to come across plants of the Balanophoraceae family in a corner of a…