Forget lightning rods. Scientists have come up with a new way to steer lightning: lasers

This high voltage experiment isn’t one you’ll be able to try at home.

Ian Whittaker, The Conversation

· Jan 24, 2023 · 11:30 pm

Why animal welfare laws do not apply to insects – and the reason they should

Laws protecting animals from unnecessary pain don’t extend to insects because it’s accepted that they can’t feel pain. But mounting evidence suggests otherwise.

Matilda Gibbons, The Conversation

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Andrew Crump, The Conversation

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Lars Chittka, The Conversation

· Jan 03, 2023 · 11:30 pm

Why do we judge people based on their facial features?

New research shows some of us have a disposition to draw drastic conclusions about the traits and personalities of others based solely on facial appearance.

Paddy Ross, The Conversation

· Dec 30, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Why is the breakthrough in nuclear fusion being hailed as a big deal? A scientist explains

Physicists at the US government’s National Ignition Facility have come one more step closer to producing clean and sustainable electricity from nuclear fusion.

Carolyn Kuranz, The Conversation

· Dec 15, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Hate eating vegetables? It might be in your DNA

New research explores how genes and biological processes influence which foods we find irresistible.

Nicola Pirastu, The Conversation

· Dec 14, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Can machines invent new things without human help? Yes, they already have

Artificial intelligence could reduce the time and costs associated with inventing, while increasing the technical depth of inventions.

Toby Walsh, The Conversation

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Alexandra George, The Conversation

· Dec 11, 2022 · 11:30 pm

At last we know why lightning zigzags in the sky

New research attempts to shed light on the puzzling and awe-striking aspects of this mysterious natural phenomenon.

John Lowke, The Conversation

· Dec 06, 2022 · 09:30 pm

How does evolution work? 163 years after Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’, the question is not settled

Evolutionary biology is undergoing one of the most intense debates it has had for more than a generation.

Erik Svensson, The Conversation

· Nov 15, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In a Chinese school, a ‘mind-reading’ headband tells teachers when their students are distracted

Neuroscience-based pedagogy might have unintended consequences.

Bruce E Wexler

· Dec 09, 2019 · 09:30 pm

There a croak, hear a croak: How scientists found a way to listen to elusive, threatened frogs

A robust technique using digital media has helped researchers understand how the species are faring in our ever-changing planet.

John Measey, The Conversation

· Dec 14, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Microbes and machines: How art and science fuse in Bio-art

When art meets the biological sciences, living matter becomes the medium.

Darrin Sean Verhagen, The Conversation

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Sean Redmond, The Conversation

· Nov 19, 2016 · 05:30 am

The ambitious plan to make India the new centre of the experimental physics world

The country's own gravitational wave observatory, a proposal for which was first floated in the 1980s, is close to becoming a reality.

Sonali Prasad, qz.com

· Sep 12, 2016 · 07:30 pm