The coloured lights in the sky at the poles are produced by charged particles exciting molecules in the atmosphere. And not only on Earth.
Australia’s tropical herbarium
19/06/2026 | 9 mins.
James Cook University in Cairns hosts Australia’s tropical herbarium.
Do insects feel pain?
19/06/2026 | 16 mins.
We can’t ask them. So we must run experiments. Some indications suggest insects do feel pain. So should insects then have rights, such as mammals
The Selfish Gene turns 50
19/06/2026 | 7 mins.
We return to an interview back when this famous book was first launched in 1976, when it received sceptical responses from mainstream science.
The role of cellular organelles in fighting pathogens such as toxoplasmosis
19/06/2026 | 7 mins.
Lena Pernas studies organelles as active participants in host defence, asking how mitochondria and other organelles sense infection, communicate with one another, and coordinate cellular responses to invading microbes.
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