New species of skink in discovered central Australian desert
A new species of rock skink has been discovered in central Australia by Monash University researchers. Characterized by its ...
Viewpoint: Auction houses in the UK still sell human remains, and it's time they stopped
In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including ...
How plant roots change their growth pattern during 'puberty' has implications for climate-resilient agriculture
Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that—for example—are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof.
Northern lights: How the aurora borealis captivated 18th-century minds
Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at times been visible further south than usual over Britain, ...
Vocalization study finds highly individualized preferences for singing and speaking voices
The way people talk determines, among other things, whether we listen to what the other person has to say and, for example, ...
Slow editing of protein blueprints leads to cell death, spliceosome study discovers
An international research team has uncovered a new mechanism crucial to the production of cellular proteins. When this ...
What carbon dioxide 'jumps' from Antarctic ice say about climate change
The atmosphere is constantly changing. Its composition has varied regularly over the course of the planet's climatic epochs, ...
Study finds increase in media coverage of crises, but not in the number of crises
"News coverage involving crisis rhetoric and the number of crisis events has been much greater in the last two decades than ...
Q&A: Holobiont biology, a new concept for exploring how microbiome shapes evolution of visible life
Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...
There is reliable evidence social media harms young people—debates about it are a misdirection
The Australian government is developing legislation that will ban children under 16 from social media. There has been a huge ...
Climate science is getting lost in translation
Understanding complex climate science can be tricky enough, even in your own language. So what happens when none of the ...
Scientists engineer stable protein complexes for targeted cancer therapies
Researchers from Auburn University, partnering with the University of Basel in Switzerland, have discovered a new way to make ...