Research

26/01/2017 - 12:09

What is known is this: on 20 June 1908, a large fireball crossed the sky above the taiga over the Stony Tunguska River, and a mega... →

19/01/2017 - 13:37

Most people think just one sperm is needed to fertilise a woman’s egg and make a healthy pregnancy. This underpins a common view that all... →

15/01/2017 - 14:13

They have been searching for the element for decades, believing it makes up a significant proportion of our planet's centre, after iron and... →

08/01/2017 - 15:32

The unifying theme for much of modern biology is based on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, the process of natural selection by which... →

02/01/2017 - 13:07

Our intelligence must have also been useful when we were evolving—presumably it helped us to be better hunters and avoid being hunted... →

27/12/2016 - 14:19

Observers also view the resurgence of Russia’s military power and geopolitical ambitions under Vladimir Putin as evidence that Russia seeks... →

19/12/2016 - 15:32

But perception can be deceptive, and memory can be unreliable; even this kind of direct knowledge is not certain. And there are kinds of... →

13/12/2016 - 12:35

So, if aliens out there were trying to find us, what would they be looking for, exactly? How could they tell if there was life on Earth?... →

08/12/2016 - 12:34

As a research astrophysicist, I can say without exaggeration that a day never goes by when I am not impressed by the amazing explanatory... →

03/12/2016 - 21:31

Titled Global Talent Flows, the research found that in 2010, there were about 28 million high‐skilled migrants residing in OECD countries (... →

29/11/2016 - 13:22

The Evidence In studies in 2010 and 2014, my research group at Wharton evaluated media consumption patterns of more than 1,700 iTunes users... →

25/11/2016 - 18:40

The human brain has nearly 100,000 times as many neurons as the bee brain, yet the rudiments of many of our most valued behaviours can be... →

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