How Do You See the World? People With Creative Personalities Really Do See the Things Differently
What is it about a creative work such as a painting or piece of music that elicits our awe and admiration? Is it the thrill…
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Searching for Dark Matter With a Detector Larger Than We Can Build on Earth
Using Neutron Stars To Detect Dark Matter The search for dark matter may need a detector larger than we can build on Earth, but it…
Extreme Sea Levels Will Become 100x More Frequent Along Coastlines Across the World
Global warming will cause extreme sea levels to occur almost every year by the end of the century, impacting major coastlines worldwide, according to new…
Probing Mysterious “Afterglow” X-Ray Remnants From Extreme Cosmic Bursts of Light
Short gamma-ray bursts are extremely bright bursts of high-energy light that last for a couple of seconds. In many of these bursts, there is a…
Startup Colossal Biosciences Wants To Bring Woolly Mammoths Back From Extinction – It Might Not Be Such a Bad Idea
US startup Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from extinction and into the frosty landscape of the…
Check Out Australia’s Oldest Known Rock Painting – A 2 Meter Kangaroo Over 17,000 Years Old
New dating techniques reveal kangaroo painting is about 17,300 years old. A two-meter-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified…
Early Universe Explosion Reveals Elusive “Goldilocks” Black Hole
Black Hole Seeds Key to Galaxies Behemoths A new black hole breaks the record — not for being the smallest or the biggest — but…
“Plain of Jars” – Solving the Mystery of the Laos Megalithic Jars
New research conducted at the UNESCO World Heritage listed ‘Plain of Jars’ in Laos has established the stone jars were likely placed in their final…
Research Shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Reveal Hidden Galaxies
Two new studies from the University of Melbourne will help the largest, most powerful and complex space telescope ever built to uncover galaxies never before…
The Science Behind Life in Space on Netflix’s Series “Away”
Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life? Do you…
People Who Have Recovered From COVID-19 Could Hold the Key to Understanding Immunity to the Disease
New Clinical Study Aims to Better Understand COVID-19 Immunity People who have recovered from COVID-19, and their close contacts, could hold the key to understanding…
New Theory for the Origin of Dark Matter
A recent study from the University of Melbourne proposes a new theory for the origin of dark matter, helping experimentalists in Australia and abroad in…
Tapping Secrets of Aussie Spider’s Unique Silk: Strong New Genetic Material Touted
An international collaboration has provided the first insights into a new type of silk produced by the very unusual Australian basket-web spider, which uses it…
Universe Simulations Show Webb Telescope Can Reveal Distant Galaxies Hidden in Quasars’ Glare
Webb observations will seek dusty galaxies from the first billion years of the universe. The brightest objects in the distant, young universe are quasars. These…
COVID-19 Recovery: Researchers Find the Immune System Can Fight Back
Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia’s first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body’s ability to fight the virus and recover…