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Did Anne Boleyn really try to speak after being beheaded?
Anne Boleyn (with head in situ). Public domain Adam Taylor, Lancaster University When Jean-Paul Marat’s killer, Charlotte Corday, was executed…
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Donald Trump has COVID-19. How might this affect his chances of re-election?
AAP/Ap/Julio Cortez Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election,…
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Can robots write? Machine learning produces dazzling results, but some assembly is still required
Shutterstock Alexandra Louise Uitdenbogerd, RMIT University You might have seen a recent article from The Guardian written by “a robot”.…
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CDC says the virus can spread beyond six feet in Indoor air
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The novel coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than 6 feet away from…
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Avicenna: the Persian polymath who shaped modern science, medicine and philosophy
A miniature of Avicenna. Wikimedia Commons Darius Sepehri, University of Sydney Over a thousand years ago, Nuh ibn Mansur, the…
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“Liking” an article online may mean less time spent reading it
A study finds that when users have option to click “like” on the media article online, they spend less times…
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2 hours of TV a day in late childhood linked to lower test scores later
Shutterstock Lisa Mundy, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and George Patton, University of Melbourne Children aged 8 and 9 who watched…
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Is it too soon to herald the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’? It all depends what the Saudis do next
JIM LO SCALZO/EPA Ben Rich, Curtin University US President Donald Trump heralded nothing short of “the dawn of a new…
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Face masks and facial recognition will both be common in the future. How will they co-exist?
Pixabay, CC BY-SA Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University It’s surprising how quickly public opinion can change. Winding the clocks back…
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Massive online open courses see exponential growth during COVID-19 pandemic
Workers are seeking credentials to get an edge in the job market. Ridofranz/GettyImages Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have…
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Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says
Pep Canadell, CSIRO and Rob Jackson, Stanford University The Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5℃ this…
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Is wearing glasses can protect you from COVID-19?
H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower…
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Is it also a game?
The game has been an integral part of human evolution. It is seen not from a few years but from…
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Why people feel burnt-out in this new normal?
Since the time CoVID crisis started to engulf us, the way work gets done is turning digital and the age…
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Ulcerative colitis explained, as Shinzo Abe retires
James Lindsay, Queen Mary University of London Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced that he is retiring due to…
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