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5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) These four views were captured from a World War II-era aircraft in April 2026, when scientists used instruments aboard the plane to study Arctic sea ice. Their flights were…
For decades, economic theory has often treated people as if they will do the right thing in organizations only when incentives, such as performance pay, force them to. But does this miss the fact that many people also care about…
Pregnant women who become involved with child protection services often experience fear, mistrust and stigma, leading some to avoid health and support services altogether, new Griffith University research has found. Ph.D. candidate Rebecca Wren from Griffith’s School of Allied Health,…
Is there life on Mars … in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The European Space Agency is still working toward launching its ExoMars…
In the past few years, new rules from governments across Europe have required companies to increase their reporting on their sustainability efforts. Since then, stakeholders such as NGOs and journalists have been able to use those insights to ramp up…
Sandbars and waves of rippling sand dunes can be seen from space amongst the turquoise ocean in the Bahamas. (Image credit: NASA/Chris Williams) If you look at this picture for too long, you might start to hear the waves lapping…
An expedition led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has obtained the first close-up images of the wreck of Quest, the last ship of famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, in the Labrador…
What makes people change their minds or their behavior? Social scientists spend a lot of time thinking about this question, and experiments are one of the most powerful ways to answer it.
The United States government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some ocean advocacy experts say the move is part of a larger trend of allowing the spaceflight industry to use the ocean as a dumping…
China has announced that it wants to develop a “space-ground” asteroid early-warning network, while providing few details on what it could look like. But recent papers and presentations to the United Nations provide clues as to what the country has…