Poisons appear in some of the most popular works of fiction. A toxicologist explains them

How they really work is as fascinating as how they’re deployed towards evil ends in fiction.

Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation

· Apr 09, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Studying galaxies can help weigh ghost particles – and unlock the mysteries of dark matter

Neutrinos, which were once thought to be massless have now been found to have a mass at least 6 million times lighter than electrons.

Arthur Loureiro, The Conversation

· Sep 02, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Alan Turing: How the world’s most famous codebreaker unlocked the secrets of nature’s beauty

From cheetah’s spots to cancerous tumours, all natural phenomena can be expressed in numbers.

Natasha Ellison, The Conversation

· Jul 06, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Periodic table turns 150: Remembering the wacky ways the elements might have been arranged

The periodic table didn’t actually start with Dimitri Mendeleev.

Mark Lorch, The Conversation

· Jan 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm

How do fire ants form amazing towers and rafts without a master plan?

Researchers identified simple behavioral rules that allow these tiny creatures to collaboratively build elaborate structures, with no one in charge.

Craig Tovey, The Conversation

· Jul 20, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Turning diamonds’ defects into long-term 3-D data storage

Tiny defects in diamonds' atomic structure might turn them into a new medium for memory.

Siddharth Dhomkar and Jacob Henshaw, The Conversation

· Oct 30, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Why we are secretly attracted to people who look like our parents

Science explains why people pick partners who look like their parents – without involving Freud.

Tamsin Saxton, The Conversation

· Mar 01, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Stunning photographs prove yet again that engineering is a science of creativity

A reminder that engineering can also be about beauty.

Mridula Chari

· Dec 01, 2014 · 01:30 am