Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the real culprit – human activity.
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We can’t tackle the huge global challenges we face in isolation – scientists must be able to work together across borders.
The active and uninhibited dissemination of knowledge is vital for the advancement of knowledge.
Scammers are exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic along with the lack of clarity as to how the Track and Trace system works. Here's what you need to know to stay safe.
Findings from a study that followed more than 70,000 high school students in Greece suggest why girls may be less likely to pick careers in science and maths than boys.
Amid trying times, the collaboration between Western science and Eastern philosophy provides numerous health benefits and a path to understanding the natural world.
Since the state's first coronavirus case surfaced, trained case investigators have traced the contacts of every person who tested positive. Here's what else South Carolina got right.
Research has yet to support the theory that cash can spread the coronavirus.
Those experiencing stress and uncertainty amid the coronavirus may find guidance in medieval responses to plagues, which relied on both medicine and prayer.
The scientific community is churning out vast quantities of research about the coronavirus pandemic – far too much for researchers to absorb. An AI system aims to do the heavy lifting for them.
Pets might not protect us from the coronavirus, but they can help us get better.
The effective integration of science into policy-making improves legislation and leads to effective solutions for society — and not only during times of crisis like the coronavirus pandemic.
Researchers, scientific journals and health agencies are doing everything they can to speed up coronavirus research. The combination of pace and panic during this pandemic is causing mistakes.
A simple chemical reaction turns the red pigment of beets into a new, nontoxic blue dye.
Nigerian society has drilled into everyone that certain top roles are reserved for men.
When this feeling dawned on me years ago on one of many early morning drives to Canberra during my PhD, it was almost crippling.
The two subject areas can cooperate to create better arguments.
How science has been used to predict wind and rain for over 1,000 years.
NASA scientist Katherine Johnson was instrumental in getting people to the moon. Here are some of the lessons one mathematics professor believes she taught us all.
The sustainability of African agriculture is critical to the continent’s food security and for maintaining agriculture’s contribution to Africa’s rural communities and national economies
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, University of Bergen
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Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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Director, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Lecturer in Science Education, Deakin University
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Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University
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Head of Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Andrew J. Hoffman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Professor and Dean of Science, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Professor of Computer Science and Provost/CEO/PVC, University of Nottingham
