Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around: study

An international research team, including a member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, investigated the role…

Sustainable fisheries and conservation policy

There are roughly five times as many recreational fishers as commercial fishers throughout the world. And…

Image: Magnetometer boom built for ESA’s mission to Jupiter

A test version of the 10.5-m long magnetometer boom built for ESA's mission to Jupiter, developed…

The Evolution of Dust Opacity in Core Collapse Supernovae and the Rapid Formation of Dust in Their Ejecta

Abstract: Infrared (IR) observations of core collapse supernovae (CCSNe) have been used to infer the mass…

Bloodhound: Land speed record car is relaunched

The Bloodhound supersonic car is back and preparing to renew its pursuit of the land speed…

Females live longer when they have help raising offspring

Female birds age more slowly and live longer when they have help raising their offspring, according…

Alpine tundra releases long-frozen CO2 to the atmosphere, exacerbating climate warming

Thawing permafrost in high-altitude mountain ecosystems may be a stealthy, underexplored contributor to atmospheric carbon dioxide…

Eternal shell: Sacred turtle embalmed in Hanoi

A sacred giant turtle that died in Hanoi's storied Hoan Kiem lake has been given a…

Australia moving 2,000 people from powerful cyclone’s path

About 2,000 Australians were being moved inland Thursday from part of the northern coast ahead of…

PACE Technical Report Series, Volume 5: Mission Formulation Studies

Abstract: This chapter summarizes the mission architecture for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission,…