Insights

Homunculus Nebula

June 23, 2015
Eta Carinae's great eruption in the 1840s created the billowing Homunculus Nebula, imaged here by Hubble.

Brains of patients with bipolar disorder

June 23, 2015
Researchers at the University of Iowa discovered previously unrecognised differences in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder by applying a different type of MRI imaging.

Science, straight from the horse’s mouth…and by horse, we mean scientist.

June 22, 2015
Right…forgive us everyone, but we have to make this quick. Regular readers of Science Lite (…you poor, poor souls) will be used to their acerbic take on all things scientific.

What will follow the James Webb Space Telescope?

June 17, 2015
Scientists are calling for a giant space telescope to follow the James Webb Space Telescope – Professor Martin Barstow, former president of the Royal Astronomical Society, tells us about the...

Penguins can taste only sour and salty food

June 16, 2015
Findings published in Current Biology suggest penguins can taste only sour and salty food.

Turn your presentation into a presentAWESOME (…and do it without using horrendous puns)

June 15, 2015
I have been to a lot of scientific presentations. So many in fact, that I’m scared to try and work out how many – I really don’t want to know...

Solar flare

June 12, 2015
On 11th March, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a significant burst of radiation known as a solar flare.

Outreach: the gift that keeps on giving

June 10, 2015
Rebecca Allen tells us about her positive experience with public outreach and why scientists should dedicate their precious free time to educate the public… The academic world is full of...

The mosaic of the Caloris basin, Mercury

June 8, 2015
This mosaic of the Caloris basin (main image) on the surface of the planet is an enhanced colour composite overlain on a monochrome mosaic.

Calbuco volcano in Chile

June 5, 2015
The volcano Calbuco – one of the most active volcanoes in Chile – erupted twice in a few hours on 22 April leading to the evacuation of 4,000 residents within...

Stats on the ATLAS experiment

June 4, 2015
In Big, bold and complex… we find out just how hard it is to handle the big data from the ATLAS detector at CERN. Here are some stats on the ATLAS experiment...

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