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Wired That Way: Genes do Shape Behaviours but it’s Complicated

Kevin Mitchell 01/12/2018

You are not a blank page, and your brain...

A time-lapse image showing the plane flying across a gymnasium. Credit: Steven Barrett, MIT, CC BY-ND

Inspired by Sci-Fi, an Airplane With No Moving Parts and a Blue Ionic Glow

Steven Barrett 29/11/2018

Ionic winds – charged particles flowing through the air...

FILE PHOTO: NASA's InSight spacecraft, destined for the Elysium Planitia region located in Mars' northern hemisphere, undergoes final preparations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., April 6, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo

NASA’s InSight Lands on Mars to Peer Into Planet’s Deep Interior

Steve Gorman 27/11/2018

InSight's descent and landing, consisting of about 1,000 individual...

Sangalaki Island, Indonesia.

Tropical Marine Conservation Needs to Change as Coral Reefs Decline

Richard K.F. Unsworth, Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, Len McKenzie and Lina Mtwana Nordlund 10/11/2018

Coral reefs rightly have had a lot of attention...

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Borneo Cave Discovery: Is the World’s Oldest Rock Art in Southeast Asia?

Adam Brumm, Maxime Aubert and Pindi Setiawan 09/11/2018

This discovery adds to the mounting view that the...

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After Elon Musk Twitter Trouble, Tesla Appoints Robyn Denholm as Chairman

Pushkala Aripaka 08/11/2018

Denholm's appointment caps months of turbulence for the company...

Elon Musk. Credit: Reuters

Elon Musk Is Not the Future

Paris Marx 08/11/2018

Tech CEOs are out for themselves, not the public...