The question is whether the 7-million-year-old primate’s nickname ‘Toomai’, which runs on two or four legs, has killed off drama among palaeontologists – with a fading femur. Since the discovery of Sahelanthropus …
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Scientists are preparing in the dusty desert town of Wumera in the desert of South Australia. On 6 December 2020, after six years in space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa 2 …
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For nearly a century, astronomers have understood that the universe is in a state of expansion. Since the 1990s, they have understood that by 4 billion years ago, the pace of expansion …
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The Milky Way collided and merged with many other galaxies in its long lifetime, but looking at its history together has been a laborious task. A new analysis of dense star clusters …
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A year in space is not a walk in the park. Just ask Scott Kelly, the American astronaut who spent a year on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. His long-term …
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With an estimated 300 active volcanoes on Earth, the challenge is how to monitor all of them to send an early warning before the eruption occurs. Measuring volcanic gas emissions is also …
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For something that exists in only two dimensions, Graphene seems to be everywhere. The super-thin ‘wonder material’ is renowned not only for its incredible strength, but also for its unique, often surprising …
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Early Earth is not a good place to hang out. First, about 4.5 billion years ago when Earth was just a hot squishy newly formed planet, Thia – an object the size …
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The world’s most indestructible craters just became even more indestructible. Not content with his current abilities to survive extreme temperatures, pressures, and the airless vacuum of space, the humble yet inexplicable Tardigrade …
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It is well established at this point that the older you are, the more likely you are to have serious cases of COVID-19. However, researchers are not sure if this is because …
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