Dramatic galaxy collision filled the Milky Way with stars, astronomers discover

Nov 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Imagine trying to map out your home town using only information you could gather from your window. Even with a pair of binoculars youd find it a difficult task. Mapping out our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a similarly...

How thoughtful, content-rich tutorials can help science students learn

Nov 04, 2018 13:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Learning is not a spectator sport. Students need to make what they learn a part of their everyday lives. Tutorials are an excellent way to achieve this at university level. When theyre properly designed, tutorials can be...

Curious Kids: If a star explodes, will it destroy Earth?

Oct 31, 2018 13:07 pm UTC| Science

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions theyd like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter at the bottom. You might...

Explainer: what any country can and can't do in Antarctica, in the name of science

Oct 31, 2018 13:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Antarctica is owned by no one, but there are plenty of countries interested in this frozen island continent at the bottom of the Earth. While there are some regulations on who can do what there, scientific research has...

We've spotted signs of collisions that may finally help us prove that supermassive black holes exist

Oct 29, 2018 19:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Observations of nature tend to throw up unexpected results and new mysteries whether youre investigating the rain forest or outer space. When radio astronomy took off in the 1950s, we had no idea that it would lead to the...

How to read and learn from scientific literature, even if you're not an expert

Oct 29, 2018 19:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Reading scientific literature is not for the faint-hearted. Its dense, and very often full of foreign terms and ideas. It also assumes a basic understanding of the discipline in question. I cant imagine that many people...

Curious Kids: Is there anything hotter than the Sun?

Oct 29, 2018 19:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Curious Kids is a series for children, where we ask experts to answer questions from kids. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter at the bottom. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production...