Dec 04, 2018 17:36 pm UTC| Science
Its 4 a.m., and Ive been up for about 20 hours straight. A loud alarm is blaring, accompanied by red strobe lights flashing. A stern voice announces, Searching station B. Exit immediately. It feels like an emergency, but...
There's no simple answer to what counts as 'science' in teaching reading
Dec 04, 2018 17:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
What is the best way to teach children to read? This apparently simple question has, in fact, has been the subject of robust and often polarised debate. Recently the New York Times ran an opinion piece titled Why are we...
New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far
Dec 04, 2018 16:39 pm UTC| Science
Four new detections of gravitational waves have been announced at the Gravitational Waves Physics and Astronomy Workshop, at the University of Maryland in the United States. This brings the total number of detections to...
Worms in space: why we are launching them
Dec 04, 2018 16:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Space launches are some of the most spectacular and nerve wracking events you can witness. And when you are actually involved in one, you realise just how much can go wrong. We are currently in Florida, nervously counting...
Women have been written out of science history – time to put them back
Dec 04, 2018 16:37 pm UTC| Science
Can you name a female scientist from history? Chances are you are shouting out Marie Curie. The twice Nobel Prize-winning Curie and mathematician Ada Lovelace are two of the few women within Western science to receive...
NASA spacecraft gets up close with an asteroid that could one day collide with Earth
Dec 04, 2018 16:34 pm UTC| Science
NASAs spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu which may be on collision course with the Earth after travelling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which...
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...
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