Curious Kids: What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?
Dec 04, 2018 00:22 am UTC| Science
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions theyd like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome serious, weird or wacky! You might also like the...
The promise of the “learn to code” movement
Dec 04, 2018 00:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
This week, educators, students and the public around the world are participating in Computer Science Education Week by organizing and leading one-hour coding tutorials. By the start of the week, more than 2,700 Canadian...
Inspired by sci-fi, an airplane with no moving parts and a blue ionic glow
Nov 26, 2018 16:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines. But watching science fiction movies like the Star Wars, Star Trek and Back to the...
Ion drive space engine used on aircraft for first time
Nov 26, 2018 16:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Imagine an aircraft engine that has no moving parts, produces no harmful exhaust and makes no noise. Thats what researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have created by adapting a technology...
Fight against malaria needs combination of innovative science and communities
Nov 26, 2018 16:47 pm UTC| Health Science
Current strategies to prevent malaria using bed nets and insecticides protect millions of people from malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. Last year 175 million bed nets treated with insecticide were delivered across...
Curious Kids: What are some of the challenges to Mars travel?
Nov 26, 2018 15:52 pm UTC| Science
Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question youd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS...
Why space debris cleanup might be a national security threat
Nov 14, 2018 12:18 pm UTC| Science
As an international relations scholar who studies space law and policy, I have come to realize what most people do not fully appreciate: Dealing with space debris is as much a national security issue as it is a technical...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects