How myths and tabloids feed on anomalies in science
By Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University
UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of...
The risks of blowing your own trumpet too soon on research
By Daniel Price, Monash University
UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of things? Today...
Positives in negative results: when finding ‘nothing’ means something
By Natalie Matosin, University of Wollongong and Martin Engel, University of Wollongong
UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it...
Where’s the proof in science? There is none
By Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney
UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of things?...
Wake up and smell the coffee … it’s why your cuppa tastes so good
By Don Brushett
Welcome to our three-part series Chemistry of Coffee, where we unravel the delicious secrets of one of the most widely consumed drinks...
40,000 year old rock art found in Indonesia
By Paul S.C.Taçon, Griffith University; Adam Brumm, Griffith University, and Maxime Aubert, Griffith University
Rock art dated to a minimum age of almost 40,000 years...
Science Nobel Prizes must change to remain relevant in the 21st century
By Benjamin Burke, University of Hull
The Nobel Prizes in the sciences have been announced to much celebration around the world. And this year, unlike...
Supplies of rare earth materials are still far from secure
By Raimund Bleischwitz, University College London
Materials essential for technology products such as electric vehicles, wind turbines or hard disks, known as rare earth elements,...
