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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for genetic scissors
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna. Source: Twitter/The Nobel Prize…
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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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Three share Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about black holes
Physicists Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez received the Nobel Prize for 2020. (Source: Twitter/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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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People hate cruelty to animals, so why do we do it?
Shutterstock/light hope David Killoren, Australian Catholic University and Robert Streiffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Animal welfare experts warn our pets could…
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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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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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Can I still be hacked with 2FA enabled?
Shutterstock David Tuffley, Griffith University Cybersecurity is like a game of whack-a-mole. As soon as the good guys put a…
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