Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa
Oct 24, 2023 09:30 am UTC| Science
There have been several important breakthroughs in medical science recently. Crispr, mRNA, next-generation cancer treatments and game-changing vaccines are some of them. Oyewale Tomori, a virologist with decades-long...
Oct 20, 2023 13:12 pm UTC| Science
The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2023 goes to three scientists for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. The Conversation Weekly podcast caught up with one of this trio, physical chemist Louis Brus, who did...
Evolution revolution: how a Cape Town museum exhibit is rewriting the story of humankind
Oct 19, 2023 04:47 am UTC| Science
Picture your typical human evolution museum display. You walk into a dimly lit space with glass boxes on white plinths or roped off areas. There are lots and lots of bones. Maybe a bit of history on how those bones were...
Oct 18, 2023 11:32 am UTC| Science
One way physicists seek clues to unravel the mysteries of the universe is by smashing matter together and inspecting the debris. But these types of destructive experiments, while incredibly informative, have limits. We...
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission: a 3.6 billion kilometre 'journey to the centre of the Earth'
Oct 18, 2023 11:31 am UTC| Science
Psyche was the Greek goddess of the soul, born a mere mortal and later married to Eros, the God of love. Who knows why the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis gave her name to a celestial object he observed one night...
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble
Oct 18, 2023 11:31 am UTC| Science
While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming for decades, the annual extent of winter sea ice seemed relatively stable compared to the Arctic. In some areas Antarctic sea ice was even increasing. That...
Oct 18, 2023 00:39 am UTC| Science
The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And weve only identified 1% of them. Scientists believe undiscovered chemical compounds could help remove greenhouse gases, or trigger...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well