Research, Space & Discovery
Ever found a bare-nosed wombat napping under your house or heard a possum thumping around in your attic?
Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post
Starre Vartan, Science AlertAging is inevitable, but it's certainly not consistent.We might think aging proceeds in a steady, linear fashion, with each day, week, and month marching...
Jillian Pretzel, The GuardianLast week, my mom complained that she's starting to smell "like an old person".She had grabbed her favorite sweater and draped it over herself at the...
Alex Chalmers & Rob Wiblin, Works in ProgressEvery child is taught that landfill is the worst place our trash can end up. It is the sad consequence of a failure to recycle: a mountain of...
Joe Schwarcz, McGill OSS"Why Are Young People Getting Colon Cancer? Weed Killer May Be Linked" was the social media headline that understandably caused quite a stir given that...
Luke Conway, Unsafe ScienceLucian (Luke) Gideon Conway, III is Professor of Psychology at Grove City College. Luke was one of the first academics to break through social psychology's denial...
Gronlund & Wright, Bulletin of Atomic SciIn January 2025, President Donald Trump signed an
Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post
Erik Hoel, iaiAfter a Nature paper provided possible indications of past life on Mars, neuroscientist and philosopher Erik Hoel makes the case that Mars could act as a planetary museum for...
Ian Sample, The GuardianIt's that time of year again: a select group of scientists have been summoned to a ceremony to receive coveted prizes, be showered in paper planes, and leave with a...
Margherita Bassi, PopSciA little less than 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius became the antihero of the ancient world's most well-known tragedy. The infamous explosion covered Pompeii and...
Margherita Bassi, SonianMany people are used to envisioning the universe in terms of rounded shapes: think spherical bodies and elliptical orbits. But the geometry of the cosmos is more...
Tim Newcomb, PopMechArchaeologists recently discovered 1.5 miles of pre-Columbian era roads leading to platforms and terraces near the Mandor Wall alongside
Carly Cassella, Science AlertIf you ask a scientist how life appeared on Earth, they will usually begin the story in one of two places:A warm, mineral-rich pool on the surface of...
Ed Cara, GizmodoA research base near Antarctica is about to be cleared of its human residents for the rest of the year, and the reason is equal parts saddening and horrifying.The...
Queen Mary-University of LondonA study has found that young chimpanzees develop distinct population-specific vocal patterns as they mature (ontogeny), challenging...
EurekAlert!For children born with cleft lip and palate, repairing gaps in the jawbone often means waiting until they are 10 to 12 years old before undergoing invasive bone graft surgery....
Drexel UniversityThose experiencing worsening voice quality - in pitch, clarity, volume, reduced vocal range or other voice disorders - and no hearing loss may be at 58% greater risk of...