Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery
Oct 04, 2018 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
In Star Wars VI we first meet the Ewoks living on the Forest Moon of Endor. The planet Endor itself is a gas giant, but the Forest Moon is a habitable world, peopled by small furry sentient creatures. While we may not be...
Low levels of carbon monoxide poisoning can be very difficult to spot – and can cause brain damage
Sep 25, 2018 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Carbon monoxide (CO), like many gases, cannot be detected by our human senses. We cannot see it, smell it or taste it. But unlike many gases, small amounts are extremely harmful to us. In 2015 (the most recent year for...
Should we edit the genomes of human embryos? A geneticist and social scientist discuss
Sep 25, 2018 10:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Felicity Boardman: The birth of a child with genetic disease is generally an unexpected event. The parents of these children typically wont have a family history with the condition, or even be aware that they are genetic...
Art and science come together to examine the power and perversions of perfection
Sep 25, 2018 10:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Review: Perfection, Science Gallery Melbourne. It would be easy to assume that art and science occupy separate worlds. Art invites us to encounter things as they are perceived and not as they are known and relies on...
Ten years of Large Hadron Collider discoveries are just the start of decoding the universe
Sep 10, 2018 14:06 pm UTC| Science
Ten years! Ten years since the start of operations for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), one of the most complex machines ever created. The LHC is the worlds largest particle accelerator, buried 100 meters under the French...
Game-changing resolution: whose name on the laws of physics for an expanding universe?
Sep 02, 2018 22:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Astronomers are engaged in a lively debate over plans to rename one of the laws of physics. It emerged overnight in Vienna at the 30th Meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), in Vienna, where members of...
Aug 28, 2018 15:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
If you live with a dog you just know when its happy or miserable, dont you? Of course you do. Even the scientific community, now admits that dogs have emotions even if scientists cant directly measure what they are...
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