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Strangely behaving matter could one day explain some of the mysteries of space.
Astronomers watched a pair of pulsars for 16 years to test the theory of general relativity, which has stood unchallenged for over a century.
The English astronomer and navigator Thomas Harriot died in 1621, leaving behind 8,000 pages of notes containing a trove of unpublished scientific discoveries.
From the birth of Jesus Christ to Newton’s discovery of gravity, great conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn have many notable connections in human history.
Is magic all about spells and hocus pocus, or is it simply another way of looking at how the universe works?
Online sleuthing and deductive reasoning identifies what appears to be the only existent portrait painted of the celebrated scientist during his lifetime.
Fluid mechanics can be applied to the transport of respiratory diseases such as COVID-19.
At this year’s Australian Open you’ll see players moving sideways on the Plexicushion surface – which is specially designed to allow players to slide. It’s safer for the players and fun to watch.
The latest version of the Spider-Man video game offers insights into how science could be taught more effectively to today’s college students, a researcher and video game enthusiast suggests.
The speeds at which top players deliver tennis serves are theoretically impossible. So how do they do it? The answer involves Isaac Newton, ping pong and a little bit of ‘cheating’.
It’s not just Earth: everything in the universe has it’s own pull because of gravity – even you. Here’s how it works.
Instead of pulling us to the top or bottom, the force of gravity pulls us to the middle of the Earth.
Forcing people to separate science and religion can lead to damaging denials of science.
Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein would have bridled under today’s research funding bureaucracy. It’s time to allow scientists to indulge their curiosity again.
There remain many mysteries that are beyond science. Does that mean that a God truly exists? A scholar gives reasons for this possibility.
Einstein’s theories of relativity underpin our understanding of the universe, yet they’re not taught in high school. How can we change that?
What did Isaac Newton, Captain Cook and Eddie Mabo all have in common? Each, in their own way, looked to the heavens to make sense of the world, and the importance of their place in it.
We have been building mechanical devices that can fly, play music and even speak for centuries.
Research shows that students feel motivated when they learn more about the struggles and failures of the world’s greatest scientists.
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Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University
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Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Affiliate, School of Mathematics, Monash University
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Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland
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Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Art History, University of St Andrews
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HHMI Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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Professor of physics education, University of Oslo
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba
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CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Space and Astronomy, CSIRO
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Austin College
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First Year Physics Coordinator, The University of Melbourne
