NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ sets off in search of life on Mars
Perseverance and Ingenuity, artist’s concept. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Launched on 30 July, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is sending the Mars...
Blood iron emerges as a potential key to anti-ageing
Image credit: Jill Wellington, Pixabay Growing old may be an inevitable part of our lives, but can we overcome the...
Scientific culture – do we need to slow down?
Seán Dunphy explores how the structures of academic funding and publishing have shaped modern scientific culture. Thousands marching to fight...
Myth-busting the Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio is widely praised for its aesthetic beauty: has its significance been blown out of proportion? Plant exhibiting...
ESA & NASA Solar Orbiter captures first pictures of ‘campfires’ on the Sun
The first images taken by the spacecraft Solar Orbiter have been released, revealing many miniature solar flares near the surface...
New tetraquark particle tests current theories in particle physics
Image Credit: Daniel Dominguez via CERN On June 30th, an experiment at the LHC in Geneva (LHCb) reported on arXiv...
The road to a cure for HIV: the São Paulo Patient
A possible new treatment for HIV on the horizon Image credit: Sergio santos via Flickr Promising news regarding treatment of...
A coronavirus vaccine is desperately needed, but what are we willing to do to get it?
Tom Edwick dives into the ethics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development. Image credit: Government of Prince Edward Island via Flickr As...
How do mountains grow?
Image credit: Pixabay Climate controlled erosion is often considered the driving force in managing mountain height; however, a recent study...