Anna-Sophie Jürgens has always loved cinema. Now a senior lecturer in science communication at the Australian National University (ANU), Jürgens has brought together three of the ‘most powerful cultural institutions we have developed to understand, shape and imagine our world’ in her programme. Science. Art. movie., in association with the National Film and Sound Archive … Read more
My name is Sriram Parasurama and I am a second year PhD student in the Horticulture Graduate School of Integrative Plant Sciences. I research how trees in our local forests interact with fungi in the soil and how this interaction affects the web of ecology throughout the ecosystem. I was arrested on October 9th outside … Read more
Fluoridated drinking water has been rated as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is now being called by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — perhaps on track to become the head of health initiatives for the next presidential administration — … Read more
A new genetic analysis of 14 bodies recovered from Pompeii is casting doubt on some of the initial interpretations of their identities before the cataclysmic volcanic eruption. A team of archaeologists and geneticists used a new genomic analysis to discover more about who these individuals were. They eventually discovered that their biological sexes and family … Read more
True Fact: When I was a teenager, I dated a girl I met at a physique competition. Mind you, this was not a local high school competition. It was the National Physics Olympiad in Panama, where I was born and raised. And the stakes were high – whoever won would go on to compete in … Read more
In 2014, Professor Jimo Borjigin of the University of Michigan conducted a study that revealed surprising brain activity in the minutes after cardiac arrest. This research, focused on a young woman called “Patient One,” showed that intense neural functions persist after ventilation is stopped. The most intriguing aspect of this discovery is the activation of … Read more
Iconic British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin’s move into Formula 1 racing has freed the brand from the nostalgic space that had cast the company as an accessory to a fictional British action hero. Now aligned with real-life Formula 1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll and the high-tech cars they pilot 24 Sundays a … Read more
Mark Thomson will take over as head of CERN in January 2026. The incoming head of the European physics laboratory CERN said on Thursday that he favored moving ahead with plans for a giant particle collider far more powerful than the collider that discovered the famous “God particle”. “Scientifically, I’m convinced it’s the right option,” … Read more