It’s a sadly familiar image in several developing countries’ media reports: people frantically searching the rubble…
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Hubble is the ultimate multitasker: Discovering asteroids while it's doing other observations
It looks like a poster of the famous Hubble Deep Field, marked with white streaks by…
Chiral zero sound found in Weyl semimetals
A pair of researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has found that…
Highest energy photons ever recorded coming from Crab Nebula
A very large team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and Japan has measured…
Everest: I journeyed into the 'death zone' to install the world's highest weather station
Perched at almost 8,500 metres on Everest, we paced back-and-forth, attempting to stave off frostbite as…
The guts of an Apple iPhone show exactly what Trump gets wrong about trade
Crack open an iPhone and you’ll begin to see why President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war…
Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here's what the evidence says
Victorian education minister James Merlino’s announcement mobile phones will be banned for all students at state…
Late start to monsoon season? Maybe not.
Fireworks atop “A” Mountain on July 4 commemorate Independence Day, but also usually mark the start…
Ultraviolet light-based coating shows promise in self-disinfecting surfaces in medical facilities, public areas
The World Health Organization warns that antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global threats and…
Interior wall brings breath of fresh air to home of the future
More than 3.8 million deaths worldwide each year are blamed on household air pollution, and scientists…