A goldfish in a tiny robotic vehicle is proving that animals from different environments can still find their way around when you take them out of their comfortable habitats.
Excellent NASA concept visualisation of the evolution of our Moon.
In 2006, a new definition of “planet” meant Pluto got demoted, which still causes debate today. Read this to understand what it’s all about.
More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments.
The Nature Journal group regularly undertakes a global survey of postgraduate students. I encourage you to submit your thoughts if you are a postgraduate student, or forward the survey on to your students.
Leaving academia and becoming an online entrepreneur: embracing the good, the bad and the ugly.
Mad science on trial: the real ethical problems with fictional scientists.
Spectacular art on a nano scale (requires access to specialist chemicals, compounds and tools, but hey, why not?).
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