Spring is here and wattles are out in bloom: A love letter to our iconic flowers

Spring has arrived, and all over the country the hills and riversides are burnished with the…

Racism contributes to poor attendance of Indigenous students in Alberta schools

Regular attendance in schools is a factor that affects positive and healthy childhood development. Students with…

We might have a new mini-moon soon

Is it a new asteroid mini–moon or a human-made mini-moon? That’s the question about a small…

No bones about it: Wild gorillas don't develop osteoporosis like their human cousins

In a study of gorilla skeletons collected in the wild, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and their…

Nanomotors as probes to sense cancer environment

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has used a 3-D…

Study shows how sun compass works in the brain of desert locust

A trio of researchers, two with Philipps-University Marburg, the other with the University of Würzburg, has…

Achieving invisibility: Cross-wavelength invisibility integrated with invisibility tactics

Invisibility is a superior self-protection strategy of long-standing interest in academia and industry, although the concept…

Ansell's mole-rats found to use their eyes for south-easterly orienteering

A team of researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Charles University and the Max Planck Research…

New gas giant exoplanet discovered by NGTS survey

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new gas giant alien world as part of…

New study reveals how reptiles divided up the spoils in ancient seas

While dinosaurs ruled the land in the Mesozoic, the oceans were filled by predators such as…