The axolotl. Image credits: Bouboulski. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), otherwise known as the Mexican Walking Fish, is perhaps the most recognizable salamander in the world.… Read More »The axolotl: the salamander that defies science

Heatwaves on Earth may be uncomfortable and even dangerous for some, but our planet has nothing on the blisteringly hot world of WASP-76 b.  Astronomers… Read More »Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock

Article body copy In the late 1700s, King George III glimpsed the future of shipping. Sir Charles Middleton, comptroller of the British Royal… Read More »The Secrets of Ships’ Super Smooth Hulls | Hakai Magazine

Our Summer holidays are about to start, so I thought it would be a good time to spruce up this post full of Summer Science… Read More »Easy Science Challenges for Kids – Science Sparks

The Campi Flegrei is dangerous. I’m not saying this to scare anyone or fear monger, but any time you have a large, restless caldera volcano… Read More »What’s Going On at Italy’s Campi Flegrei Caldera?

Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new. They are firmly entrenched in post-war American UFO… Read More »UFO Mystery: Controversy Swirls Around Report of Retrieved ‘Craft’

As I sat with my friends, enjoying a cup of tea, an email arrived from my supervisor, informing me about the start of applications for the prestigious… Read More »Stories from the community: Australia India Research Students Fellowship

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “a laughing robot.” Midjourney On Wednesday, two German researchers, Sophie Jentzsch and Kristian Kersting, released a paper that examines… Read More »Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over