New Discovery Reveals That Giant Four-Legged Kangaroo Existed As Early as 20,000 Years Ago
The reign of Papua New Guinea’s megafauna continued long after humans arrived. A new study suggests that a giant kangaroo that formerly traversed the Papua…
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Mars’ Interior: Deep Planetary Scan Confirms Martian Core
A new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of…
Race Against Time To Find Ancient Indigenous Carvings on Australian Boab Trees
For Indigenous Australians, carvings in boab trees are as significant as rock art. Now, there is a race against time to document the ancient art…
Scientists Detect a Neighboring Galaxy Filled With Dark Matter
Researchers have used gamma rays to detect a small neighboring galaxy. According to a new study recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, an international…
New Mathematical Model Provides Method for Landing Humans on Mars
This model may serve as the basis for future investigation into how well the human cardiovascular system can tolerate prolonged space travel and life on…
New DNA Research Unlocks Secrets of Native Rodents’ Rat Race to New Lands
New research has mapped the DNA from more than 150 species of native rodents from across Australia, New Guinea, and Melanesian islands. It paints a…
Enabling Technologies of Tomorrow: Nanoparticles Control Flow of Light Like Road Signs Direct Traffic
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images by manipulating the direction in which…
Volcanic Activity Beneath the Surface of Mars: Magma Makes Marsquakes Rock Red Planet
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) launched in May 2018 and safely landed on the Martian surface in November…
“Fuel of Evolution” – Raw Material for Evolution More Abundant Than Thought in Wild Animals
The raw material for evolution is much more abundant in wild animals than was previously thought, according to new research from The Australian National University…
Strange Galactic Signal Coming From the Center of the Galaxy Has Potential New Explanation
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found an alternative explanation for a mysterious gamma-ray signal coming from the center of the galaxy, which…
Continuous Gravitational Waves in the Lab
Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time created by distant astronomical objects and detected by large complex detectors (like LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA). Finding gravitational-wave signals…
Termination Shock: Trying To Cool the Earth by Dimming Sunlight Could Be Worse Than Global Warming
A group of 60 scientists called for a moratorium on solar geoengineering last month, including technologies such as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI). This involves a…
Scientists Discover Mysterious Leftovers of Earth’s Dramatic Formation
Researchers have uncovered the most detailed view ever of the mysterious structures lying between the Earth’s mantle and core, providing the strongest evidence yet that…
The Widely Available Low-Cost Drug That Could Fight COVID-19
A widely available and affordable drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19 patients, according to world-first findings by researchers from The Australian National…
Giant Supermountains Stretching Across Entire Supercontinents Controlled the Evolution of Life on Earth
Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) across entire supercontinents played a crucial role…
Unique Weapon in Immune System Arsenal Could Unlock Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified why certain cells in the body, known as Th17 cells, go rogue and promote the onset…
Stunning Close-Up Reveals Secrets of Milky Way’s Neighbor in “Unprecedented” Clarity
A stunning image captured by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, shows one of the Milky Way’s closest…
Unorthodox “Exercise in a Pill” Could Offer Simple Solution to Those Incapable of Physical Activity
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified unique molecular signals in the body that could hold the key to developing a supplement capable…