How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding?
How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they’ve already been asked by other...
How Butterflies Conquered the World: A New ‘Family Tree’ Traces Their 100-Million-Year Journey Across the Globe
How old are butterflies, and where did they evolve? And perhaps more importantly, how and when did they reach the isolated continent of Australia?
Answers to...
New Look at ‘Einstein Rings’ Around Distant Galaxies Just Got Us Closer to Solving the Dark Matter Debate
Physicists believe most of the matter in the universe is made up of dark matter, an invisible substance that we only know about by its indirect effects on the s...
Who Owned This Stone Age Jewelry? New DNA Forensic Tools Offer an Unprecedented Answer
An international team of researchers has recovered DNA from the owner of a deer-tooth pendant jewelry that was buried inside a remote Siberian cave for tens of ...
Remarkable New Tech Has Revealed the Ancient Landscape of Arnhem Land that Greeted Australia’s First Peoples
Many visitors to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory are struck by the magnificent cliffs, stunning bird life, and extraordinary rock art. Some may know this ...
AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Says AI Is a New Form of Intelligence Unlike Our Own
Debates about AI often characterize it as a technology that has come to compete with human intelligence. Indeed, one of the most widely pronounced fears is that...
‘Kidfluencer’ Culture Is Harming Kids in Several Ways
Parents share content of their children for myriad reasons, including to connect with friends and family, and to seek validation or support.
However, some pa...
Research Shows Giraffes Can Use Statistical Reasoning
Humans make decisions using statistical information every day. Imagine you’re selecting a packet of jellybeans. If you prefer red jellybeans, you will probabl...
A New Study Decodes Language and Meaning From Brain Scans
The technology to decode our thoughts is drawing ever closer. Neuroscientists at the University of Texas have, for the first time, decoded data from non-invasiv...
Here’s Why We Still Don’t Have the ‘Right to Repair’
When you buy a product, you expect to have the right to repair it. The problem is, many modern products are designed so that you can’t fix them. Vital parts a...
