Sep 28, 2023 02:53 am UTC| Science
Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted each year throughout the food lifecycle from the farm to food manufacturers and households. Across the food supply chain, Australians...
Sep 28, 2023 02:52 am UTC| Science
Citizen science isnt new anymore. For decades, keen amateur naturalists have been gathering data about nature and the environment around them and sharing it. But what is new is the rate at which citizen scientists are...
Sep 28, 2023 02:51 am UTC| Science
Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data. So in June, when the results of a head-to-head experimental contest between...
Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage
Sep 28, 2023 02:47 am UTC| Science
Meteorites fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery meteors have been the subject of public fascination, awe, myths and even religious worship for thousands of years. In recent...
Sep 28, 2023 02:45 am UTC| Science
A substance called antimatter is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. We know that every particle has an antimatter companion that is virtually identical to itself, but with the opposite charge....
Sep 23, 2023 00:49 am UTC| Science
Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esas strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee...
Five golden rules for effective science communication – perspectives from a documentary maker
Sep 21, 2023 01:39 am UTC| Science
Over the past three years, people from all walks of life have learned a great deal about different branches of science. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many of us to information about virology and vaccine production....
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