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Scientists discover the antibacterial potential of 'hero' Korean skincare ingredient
Fans of Korean skincare may be familiar with "hero ingredient" Madecassic acid for its skin-soothing properties, but researchers at Kent have revealed its great...
World's largest study of human flourishing opens its data to the public
The Global Flourishing Study (GFS), the most comprehensive empirical investigation of human flourishing ever undertaken, has made its first two waves of data pu...
'Chills': Artemis astronauts say lunar flyby still washing over them
They took thousands of photographs and documented copious observations on their voyage around the moon, but as they sped closer to home the Artemis astronauts s...
Artemis II astronauts follow Apollo tradition of naming lunar features after loved ones
Lunar love knows no bounds. Now hurtling home from the moon, the Artemis II astronauts took a poignant page from Apollo 8 earlier this week, proposing deeply pe...
Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn
Halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing Earth's vital systems that support human well-being. That's the st...
One DNA letter can trigger complete sex reversal
Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered that changing just one letter in DNA can completely alter sex development in mice. In the new study, publishe...
March smashes heat records for continental US
March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, accordi...
Ocean protections clash with mining pressure in Indonesia's most diverse marine ecosystem
There is an explosion of color beneath the surface in Raja Ampat, a remote archipelago in eastern Indonesia where sharks, mantas and sea turtles glide alongside...
Soundscapes from nearby forests are more uplifting than those from faraway places, research suggests
Listening to one-minute-long audio recordings of forests had positive effects on people's short-term well-being, especially when the recordings were from local...
What if dark matter came in two states?
The absence of a signal could itself be a signal. This is the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, which aim...
Soaring petrol prices are hurting more than your wallet
Australians don't need an economist to tell them they're hurting at the petrol pump. They feel it every time they pull into a service station, every time they r...
Spotted a jellyfish bloom recently? Here's what may have triggered it
On a calm summer's morning in southern Australia, the water can look deceptively clear, until you see thousands of gelatinous shapes washing ashore. In January,...