Science Unmasked

You’re neck-deep in IKEA assembly instructions. Furniture parts lie strewn across the floor. Your new purchase sits half-complete …

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia, and beyond as far …

When you picture sharks, you probably think of large, powerful predators cruising the open ocean. Species such as …

Quantum entanglement — once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” — has long captured …

Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood …

“This is a game changer.” That’s how Paul Scully, New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, …

Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves …

You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, …

For centuries, physicists have believed that ice melts on slippery surfaces due to the effects of temperature, pressure, …

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks …