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Bacteria that are mirror images of existing ones could evade our immune systems, causing serious illness.
Chocaholic nations win more Nobel Prizes, but that doesn’t mean much. It’s easy to link two things – the hard part is working out which one causes the other.
Less than a month since the government paused New Zealand’s science curriculum refresh, an international study puts our students in the middle of the pack – with worrying results for poorer schools.
The results from the 2023 ‘Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study’ were released on Wednesday night. Year 8 students, who also did the test, held steady.
First Nations cultural knowledge has much to share with archaeology, palaeontology and Earth sciences.
Precision timekeeping is vital for the functioning of our everyday lives.
A century ago, physicists laid the foundations of quantum mechanics. One of them, Louis de Broglie, disavowed a famous theory. Why?
We’ve only just scratched the surface of what AI can achieve in science.
There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of social media harm. But there are many mechanisms that make the link clear.
On what would’ve been the astronomer’s 90th trip around the Sun, here’s a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and communicator.
Ramses, a European space mission to study the asteroid Apophis, has been approved for perparatory work.
The original 1984 film’s vision of rogue AI turning on humanity remains hugely influential.
AI promises to accelerate scientific discovery, but if scientists aren’t careful public trust may be left behind.
Cosmology could be transformed by a new wave of telescopes – both on the ground and in space.
Don’t be fooled by the image of a mad scientist isolated in his basement laboratory. Science is a collaborative endeavor, and international teams have contributed to a huge rise in scientific output.
AI will feature in future Nobel prizes as scientists exploit the power of this technology for research.
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, the 2024 Physics Nobel laureates, developed computer systems that can memorise and learn from patterns in data.
Argentina and Chile will see the ‘ring’, but other regions will see a partial eclipse.
Only 5 women have ever won a Nobel Prize in physics. The field as a whole has issues with gender diversity, but as a woman physicist explains, success is possible for women in the field.
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