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This year’s Geminid meteor shower is a true spectacle

This article was written by Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland and Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria,...

Astronomy and Space

Ride along with Rosetta through the eyes of OSIRIS

Single-frame OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 10 December 2015, when Rosetta was 103.3 km from...

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Elon Musk launches US$1 billion AI company to “benefit humanity” and avoid robot wars

Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk has already got a lot on his plate, but that...

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Here’s what you need to know about the new Paris climate deal

Over the past two weeks, leaders and delegates from 195 world nations have been formulating a...

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What the mites on your face say about where you came from

Right now, deep in your hair follicles and sweat glands, tiny mites are feeding on dead...

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This 78-page book on physics is selling more copies than ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Apparently, Italians find physics more sexy than S&M – at least for reading material. Since it...

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Millet: The missing link in prehistoric humans’ transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer

Professor Martin Jones is pictured with millet in north China. Credit: Martin Jones New research shows...

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This new ‘skyscraper’ chip could make computers run 1,000 times faster

Engineers in the US have invented a new computer chip that replaces the silicon in conventional...