May 24, 2021

A total lunar eclipse is coming tomorrow, and it’s a really special one

The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours of May 26. But this is

The ‘replication crisis’ could be worse than we thought, new analysis reveals

The science replication crisis might be worse than we thought: new research reveals that studies with replicated results tend to

The formation story of our galaxy just got less violent, but more interesting

Ever since the Gaia satellite began mapping the Milky Way in three dimensions with the highest precision yet, we’ve been

The mystery formation of extremely rich gold veins might finally be solved

Gold, for all its wonderful uses, isn’t hugely abundant in Earth’s upper layers. For each ton of crust material, there’s

Soil particles in Australia could be leaking radioactive plutonium. Here’s why

Almost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga