Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Australia's vast Nullarbor Plain hides deep caves that can teach us about alien worlds
Stretching more than 200,000 square kilometers (77,000 square miles) across southern Australia, the vast, flat plains of the Nullarbor mark one of the world's l...
Bringing ice sheets to life: Releasing a dynamic ice sheet modeling workflow for Australia's climate model
Ice sheets are fundamental components of the Earth system. Antarctica and Greenland, the two ice sheets currently on Earth, don't just affect their own regions:...
Global population dataset uses buildings to reveal people's daily movement patterns
Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released LandScan Mosaic, a next-generation global population distribu...
The monsters that weren't: Dinosaur and tusked-beast claims in San rock art unravel
For decades, an idea has grown in paleontology that, long before scientists began digging up and reconstructing dinosaur bones, the Indigenous San and Basotho i...
Rethinking how we assess students could improve their well-being
When you were in school, what stressed you out the most? For many students, classroom assessments—graded tests, quizzes, group work, presentations, labs and the...
Florida scrub-jays attempt to breed at unusually young age after large-scale translocation
For nearly two decades, biologist Lauren Deaner has worked with Florida scrub-jays, contributing to population recovery efforts and translocations. Now, as a do...
Loss of Y chromosome in men could be an early warning sign of cancer
A study initiated by Dr. Dan Theodorescu, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, revealed that the loss of the Y chromosome in men's...
Scientists simulate cosmic crashes to test whether icy moons gain or lose their ability to sustain life
Many of the moons orbiting Saturn, Uranus and Neptune likely conceal oceans of liquid water beneath miles of icy shell. Because life as we know it needs water,...
Kids involved with child protective services miss much more school than their peers
Across the country, kids are settling into new school-year routines. Parents buy backpacks, teachers arrange desks and lesson plans, and friends reconnect. But...
Sea surface temperature biases shift the North Pacific jet stream southward, study finds
Climate models are numerical models used to project future climate change. They simulate the climate from the present into the future by calculating changes in...
Improving urban flood forecasting with real-time hazardous rainfall detection
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) announced that it will apply its early detection technology for quasi-stationary linear...
How rural policing gaps can make escaping domestic violence harder
Before murdering Molly Ticehurst in April 2024, court documents show Daniel Billings had threatened to exploit the limits of policing in her country town: "I wi...