Glass Wings Blog: Science
The 10 biggest physics and astronomy lies from 2023
The 100 best science fiction books of 2023
The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time
15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report
2 biggest threats to wombats revealed in new data gathered by citizen scientists
2023 in Review: A Year of Progress for Oceans, the Environment, and Science
A former White House scientist was scammed out of $655,000. Then came the IRS
A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results
A (mostly) scientific ranking of takeout containers – from best to worst for the environment
A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine
A Shocking Number of Amphibian Species Are Vanishing, Scientists Warn
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warn
An eerie ‘digital afterlife’ is no longer science fiction. So how do we navigate the risks?
As 12 months of record heat stack up, scientists unpack the impacts around the globe
As Covid Spread, a Strain of Flu Disappeared. Now Scientists Say a Second Could Go Too
‘Australia is sleepwalking’: a bushfire scientist explains what the Hawaii tragedy means for our flammable continent
Australia needs a ‘knowledge economy’ fuelled by scientists and arts graduates: here’s why
Australia not prepared for how Antarctic ice changes will hit economy, scientist warns
Australia’s chief scientist takes on the journal publishers gatekeeping knowledge
Australia’s soils are notoriously poor. Here’s how scientists are working to improve them
Become a beach scientist this summer and help monitor changing coastlines
The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup
The best science images of 2023 – Nature’s picks
“Biocentrism”: A scientific answer to the meaning of life
The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode it – and read people’s minds
Bringing back Sri Lanka’s mangroves with science and community spirit
China's 'batwoman' scientist warns another coronavirus outbreak is 'highly likely'
Citizen scientists collect more nature data than ever, showing us where common and threatened species live
The Climate Change We've Already Created Will Last 50,000 Years, Scientists Warn
Climate crisis: carbon emissions budget is now tiny, scientists say
Climate scientist Mark Maslin: ‘We have all the technology we need to move to a cleaner, renewable world’
Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’
‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt
Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth passes away
COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels must go (and fast)
Costly invite? Scientists hit with massive bills after speaking at COVID-19 ‘webinars’
The COVID-safe strategies Australian scientists are using to protect themselves from the virus
CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions
'Dance Your Ph.D.' winner on science, art, and embracing his identity
Doing science in Antarctica has harmed an environment under great pressure. Here’s how we can do better
Don't take my word for it: the science shows that wind turbines do not harm birdlife
Dust drove dinosaurs’ extinction after asteroid impact, scientists say
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL, Voyager Project Scientist, Dies
Editor of scientific journal says fake study linking whale deaths to wind farms is 'deliberate misinformation'
Eggs from men, sperm from women: how stem cell science may change how we reproduce
Even Dimming The Sun Wouldn't Save Antarctica's Ice Now, Scientists Say
Every science lab should have an artist on the team – here’s why
Fact-bombing by experts doesn’t change hearts and minds. But good science communication can
Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists
Female scientists found to be almost entirely absent from Australian high school curriculum
Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better
Five species face immediate concern of extinction, scientific committee warns Labor
Floods and mudslides kill six in Japan as scientists warn extreme rainfall events will get worse
Florence Bell died unrecognised for her contributions to DNA science – decades on female researchers are still being sidelined
Four years on: the career costs for scientists battling long COVID
Full of beans: scientists use processed coffee grounds to make stronger concrete
Giant Cracks Emerging Across US Southwest, Scientists Warn
Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says
Glowing Wombats: Scientists Discover 125 New Species of Fluorescent Mammals
Good news for chocolate lovers as Swiss scientists find way to make the treat more sustainable
Group therapy helps scientists cope with challenging ‘climate emotions’
‘Hope has to be a strategy’: the scientist who refused to let the climate warmongers win
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
How learning about the science of shyness helped me
How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
How scientists are using artificial intelligence
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows
‘I am more worried than ever’: Scientists explain why record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge
I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope
Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say
If I was feeling hopeless about the climate, what of the scientists? So I asked them
Ill-judged tree planting in Africa threatens ecosystems, scientists warn
I’m a Climate Scientist. I’m Not Screaming Into the Void Anymore.
In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate
Inside the Frozen Zoo, where scientists put disappearing species on ice: ‘It’s banking hope’
Intellectual humility is a key ingredient for scientific progress
Intense Heatwaves Persist Far Longer in The Deep Ocean, Scientists Find
‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms
It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there
Italian scientists create Butterfly Forest in tropical mountain greenhouse
It's Time: Scientists Urge The World to Declare a New Epoch on The Moon
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
Jo Brand translated my science. I’m certain that comedy can connect people to climate change
July was world’s hottest month on record, climate scientists confirm
‘Junk science’ is being used in Australian courtrooms, and wrongful convictions are at stake
La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon
‘Like unscrambling an egg’: scientists alter DNA to save Scottish wildcats
Living through Antarctic snowstorms, Australian scientists are undertaking some of the 'most ambitious' research
Long COVID patients need scientific ambition, not defeatism
Machines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
Major Cities on The US East Coast Are Sinking Faster, Scientists Warn
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger want to leave Ecowas. A political scientist explains the fallout
Mass Extinction: Entire Branches on Tree of Life Are Dying, Scientists Warn
Media coverage of climate change research does not inspire action, say scientists
‘Missing half the equation’: scientists criticise Australia over approach to fossil fuels
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble
‘Most of it was dead’: scientists discover one of Great Barrier Reef’s worst coral bleaching events
Myrtle rust is lethal to Australian plants. Could citizen scientists help track its spread?
NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel
Nearly 400 Scientists Tell Biden to 'Embrace Demands of the March to End Fossil Fuels'
Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science
New 3D cosmic map raises questions over future of universe, scientists say
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out
Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals
Ocean heat around Florida is ‘unprecedented,’ and scientists are warning of major impacts
Once nearing extinction, Brazil’s golden monkeys have rebounded from yellow fever, scientists say
Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them
Paris 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action
Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe
Pigs with human brain cells and biological chips: how lab-grown hybrid lifeforms bamboozle scientific ethics
Policy experts, scientists, disability groups urge Biden to address the Long Covid crisis
Political support for surveillance of Covid waning in Australia despite ‘waves of mutations’, scientists say
Pollution from coal power plants contributes to far more deaths than scientists realized, study shows
Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out
Recovery of Great Barrier Reef stalls as scientists point to bleaching, disease and starfish attacks
Reef in crisis: Scientists despair – and are reduced to tears – as corals perish
‘The river has been destroyed’: expert says agriculture has overshadowed science in the Murray-Darling Basin
Run out of butter or eggs? Here’s the science behind substitute ingredients
Science experiments traditionally only used male mice – here’s why that’s a problem for women’s health
Science Fiction and the Death of the Sun
Science fiction master Vernor Vinge dead at 79
Science Fiction Recommended by Scientists
Science is a human right − and its future is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The science of the ideal salad dressing
Scientists and comedians join forces to get climate crisis message across
Scientists Are Decoding Long Covid Immunology
Scientists at Spain meeting sound alarm over ocean warming
Scientists brace for possibility of ‘severe’ damage to Great Barrier Reef from ex-Cyclone Jasper
Scientists caution against a reliance on mechanical devices to clear water bodies of plastic
Scientists claim PV systems combined with thermoelectric cooling may achieve 6-year payback time
Scientists demand end to dingo baiting after research reveals most are genetically pure
Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature
Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead
Scientists’ experiment is ‘beacon of hope’ for coral reefs on brink of global collapse
Scientists find desert moss ‘that can survive on Mars’
Scientists Find the Largest Known Genome Inside a Small Plant
Scientists find the last remnants of the human genome that were missing in the Y chromosome
Scientists Gave Homeless People $7,500, Here’s How They Spent It
Scientists have figured out way to make algae-based plastic that completely decomposes
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient
Scientists Release Record-Breaking Number of Baby Seahorses Into Sydney Harbor
Scientists report 'remarkable' return of rare endangered frog species: 'Future projects like this will assist in the recovery of these threatened species'
Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake
Scientists Warn Brain Diseases Are Getting Worse as Climate Change Intensifies
Scientists warn Coldplay fans to dust off face masks ahead of Perth concerts
Scientists warn of the ‘sunscreen paradox’
Scientists Warn The Atmosphere Hasn't Been Like This in 14 Million Years
Scientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prize
Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Secrets in the canopy: scientists discover 8 striking new bee species in the Pacific
Sex and gender in biology textbooks don’t mesh with science
‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point
So You Want to Learn Physics…
The Southern Hemisphere Is Slowly Drying Out, Scientists Report
Startup makes old cargo plane technology new again with cost-cutting approach to shipping: 'The physics are in our favor'
State of the science on plastic chemicals
‘Stay safe’ – Vale Mary-Louise McLaws, a champion for the power of clear science communication
Stop renewables and wait for nuclear: Nationals stunning rejection of science and industry
Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real
There are new scientific insights into long Covid – but political will is waning
This Scientist Has an Antidote to Our Climate Delusions
Through the magnifying glass: how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists understand baby corals
Tiger shark regurgitates whole echidna, leaving Australian scientists ‘stunned’
To protect endangered sharks and rays, scientists are mapping these species’ most important locations
Use of antiviral may be fuelling evolution of Covid, scientists say
Warmer winters and more flooding will be the norm in the UK, scientists warn
We analysed citizen science to find Australia’s top 10 most elusive birds
We are watching the brutal reality of what climate scientists told us would happen. How will we respond?
We've Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For The Past 300 Years
What has the Nobel Prize in Physics ever done for me?
What Would It Mean for Scientists to Listen to Patients?
‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm
Why does COVID-19 cause brain fog? Scientists may finally have an answer.
Why robots can be culturally insensitive – and how scientists are trying to fix it
Why scientists are making transparent wood
Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it
'Worthless': Scientists Warn Carbon Offsets Are a Dangerous Illusion
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