These transmitters weigh less than a gram and can be attached to individual insects. This means scientists can track them directly as they migrate.
63-year-old artist Simon Beck makes colossal yet intricate designs on the unlikely canvas of enormous snowfields. Beck treks for hours carving with his feet, creating snow sculptures over a quarter mile long.
Even the most basic words can be interpreted differently by different people, and we usually believe that most other people think like we do even when almost nobody does.
Lots of things in space are way too big for our familiar units of measurement, so astronomers often find novel ways to describe the size or mass of celestial objects.
If you’re a scientist doing research that involves humans in Australia, it’s important to understand the demographic.
Need someone to give you time, money, advice or support? You need to know your pitch – a short snappy written or verbal communication. Watch these people attempt 1 min pitches.
It’s amazing the things scientists can do with robotics – watch this robot do gymnastics.
If you want to know why ‘x’ is used to denote the unknown, it’s because you can’t say ‘sh’ in Spanish.
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.
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