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Supernova linked to human bipedalism

May 29, 2019
A supernova that occurred 8 million years ago has been linked to humans walking on two legs.

Quark founder and Nobel Prize winner passes away

May 28, 2019
US physicist Murray Gell-Mann, a leading figure in the creation of the Standard Model of particle physics, has passed away at the age of 89.

Physicists edge closer to superconductivity at room temperature

May 24, 2019
An international research team has claimed to have raised the temperature at which superconductivity occurs, to around 23°C. The achievement, observed in lanthanum superhydrides under high pressure by scientists at...

Space trash

May 17, 2019
Trashy TV sci-fi, Brian Blessed and a surprising scientific gem – Russ Swan bends over backwards to justify a guilty pleasure… We all have our guilty pleasures, and one of...

NASA detects likely marsquake

April 24, 2019
Seismic activity has been detected on a planet other than Earth for the first time. NASA's InSight space lander detected faint activity from the interior of Mars on April 6,...

Titanic lakes filled with methane

April 18, 2019
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that liquid lakes on Saturn’s largest moon are more than 300 feet deep and filled with methane. Radar measurements provide new details of...

Opening science or narrowing its base?

April 16, 2019
It may carry laudable ambition, but will Plan S damage science? From 2020, the scientific publishing plan could force you to pay-to-publish as well as threaten international collaborations and place...

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