This is how a heart becomes a heart
A “synchronised dance” of thousands of genes generates a healthy heart, but one faux pas may result in congenital heart defects.
“Blueberries” could be key to Martian life
It’s unlikely that anything still lives on Mars today, but anything that was around millions or even billions of years ago might have left a few traces behind.
Air traffic worldwide
When you look up to the sky remember that at any given time there are between 9,000 and 13,000 aircraft in the air (according to the US Federal Aviation Agency, there are at…
How accurate are the weather models that predict thunderstorms?
The forecast is sunny, but there’s a slight chance of chaos.
Teenage brains in the digital world
When it comes to technology, adults won’t be able to keep up with their children.
Beautiful wreckage left by a supernova explosion
It is not a pencil. It is not a celestial quidditch broom. It is a beautiful nebula formed 11,000 years ago after the violent death of a star.
Viewing tropical storms and other natural disasters from space
Australia receives an average of 13 cyclones a year, while the US might see up to 20. Every one of these destructive storms varies in their life cycles, intensity, movement, size and impacts such…
Urchin-loving otters fight global warming
Hearty appetite allows kelp forests to thrive and absorb carbon dioxide.
Fungi treatment produces Stradivarius-worthy sounds
A bit of fungi and a modern violin can sound like a Stradivarius.
Electric infrastructure installed in Perth
Australia’s first electric car recharge network has been built in Perth.
