European data suggests the gig economy helped create Trump, Sanders
May 18, 2016 08:11 am UTC| Science Politics
Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University Politicians and pundits in America wonder where the rip-roaring popularity of protest candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders originated. The...
The International Space Station: 100,000 laps and counting
May 18, 2016 07:58 am UTC| Science
The International Space Station (ISS) has completed more than 100,000 orbits of Earth. It reached this impressive milestone on Monday afternoon (AEST), May 16. The stations odometer has clocked more than 4 billion...
Nanoparticles in baby formula: should parents be worried?
May 17, 2016 16:34 pm UTC| Health Science
Theres a lot of stuff youd expect to find in baby formula: proteins, carbs, vitamins, essential minerals. But parents probably wouldnt anticipate finding extremely small, needle-like particles. Yet this is exactly what a...
What stressed humans can tell us about keeping animals happy
May 17, 2016 16:05 pm UTC| Health Science
Its hard to avoid stress, and the expectation that we are camels with unbreakable backs. I know this from personal experience as part of the squeezed generation with young children, an old parent and a demanding job. Often...
Want to build a moon base? Easy. Just print it
May 17, 2016 02:42 am UTC| Science
Planetary Resources, a company hoping to make asteroid mining into a trillion dollar industry, earlier this year unveiled the worlds first 3D printed object made from bits of an asteroid. 3D printing, and additive...
A brief history of telling time
May 16, 2016 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
We live in a world where time is all important. Nanoseconds mark the difference between success or failure to make an electronic transaction and where we are continuously reminded of the time: of being early or late, of...
Vanadium: the 'beautiful metal' that stores energy
May 13, 2016 11:14 am UTC| Science
An unheralded metal could become a crucial part of the renewables revolution. Vanadium is used in new batteries which can store large amounts of energy almost indefinitely, perfect for remote wind or solar farms. And whats...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects