How scientists can help make the sustainable development goals a reality

Aug 29, 2017 14:01 pm UTC| Science

The United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for countries to reach by 2030. Achieving them requires political will and investment, but also policies that are informed by evidence. This is where academics...

Ecstasy Now FDA-Approved PTSD Treatment

Aug 29, 2017 06:17 am UTC| Science Law

What is commonly known as a party drug is now an actual method of treating patients who are experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially classified Ecstasy as a...

Gravitational waves are helping us crack the mystery of how pairs of black holes form

Aug 28, 2017 15:41 pm UTC| Science

A tiny disturbance in space became an enormous scientific discovery when LIGO amazingly managed to register it early on the morning of September 14, 2015. This was the first ever observation of a gravitational wave a...

Introducing 'dark DNA' – the phenomenon that could change how we think about evolution

Aug 28, 2017 14:10 pm UTC| Science

DNA sequencing technology is helping scientists unravel questions that humans have been asking about animals for centuries. By mapping out animal genomes, we now have a better idea of how the giraffe got its huge neck and...

I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

Aug 28, 2017 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

ExxonMobils deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate change have been public knowledge for a long...

How to store data on magnets the size of a single atom

Aug 28, 2017 13:50 pm UTC| Science

There is an adage that says that data will expand to fill all available capacity. Perhaps ten or 20 years ago, it was common to stockpile software programs, MP3 music, films and other files, which may have taken years to...

Space Science Series

The PLATO mission: an investigation of planetary systems

Aug 28, 2017 12:51 pm UTC| Science

Despite its proximity to the Earth, the Sun still poses many questions. But what do we know of other stars, located at immense distances on a human scale? How are they different from the Sun? Are they also hosting planets...