Image of the week
Dimitri Douchin, PhD student, and his advisor at Macquarie University, Orsola de Marco, confirmed that the object known as Kn 61 is a planetary nebula. In this image, we can see the newly…
A chocolate affair
Do you have a favourite brand of chocolate? If you tried it with your eyes closed, would you recognise it?
Inner planets did not form from the same material as the sun
Solar nebulae ‘fossils’ suggest that the sun and the inner planets did not form from the same materials, according to researchers.
Dinosaurs weren’t as cold as we thought
They may have been extinct for 65 million years, but scientists have found a way to take their temperatures.
Climate change may have wiped out the Greenland Vikings
The Norse can teach us a lesson about failing to adapt to climate change.
My dishwasher is trying to kill me
A pathogenic fungus has found a home in household appliances, according to researchers.
New discovery could improve breast cancer treatment
Researchers have shown that BRCA2 genes stop the growth of breast cancer cells.
