By Richard de Grijs, Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
The Moon is not the only natural object travelling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the Sun in near lockstep with our planet. And just like Earth, these space rocks also take a year to complete a full orbit. Today, we know of eight such “quasi-moons” or quasi-satellites.
One of them may, in fact, be a fragment of the Moon itself.
This intriguing quasi-satellite is known as 469219…
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By Fadi Maayah, Senior Lecturer and Football Techncal Director, Curtin University
Progressing to the next World Cup round would represent a significant step forward for Australian soccer, and it’s an achievable aim.
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By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney; Neuroscience Research Australia
You’ve forgotten a few appointments lately and you find yourself losing track of conversations. Close friends or family may have also noticed some changes in your memory or thinking.
Becoming more forgetful and feeling slower in your thinking is normal in older age. But when these changes are more than you’d expect for your age it might be a sign of mild cognitive impairment.
So does that mean you’ll soon develop…
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By Rachael (Ré) A Mansbach, Assistant professor, Physics, Concordia University
Jyler Menard, PhD Student, Department of Physics, Concordia University
By 2050, scientists estimate that antibiotic-resistant infections will be associated with more than eight million deaths around the world every year.
These are bacterial infections that resist traditional antibiotics like penicillin. They can develop when you eat contaminated food, have an open wound or undergo surgery. E. coli is a good example, as several strains have become highly resistant to conventional antibiotics. They…
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By Justin Sobion, Lecturer in International Environmental Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A proposed law change would end an activist’s landmark climate case. It also raises questions about whether NZ’s domestic laws match its global commitments.
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By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
Head Girl, based on the poetry collection from Freya Daly Sadgrove, centres on three 20-something flatmates in Wellington, each at a moment of personal crisis.
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By Clare Dix, Lecturer In Nutrition & Dietetics, University of the Sunshine Coast
Stella Boyd-Ford, Research Fellow with the Grow&Go Toolbox, The University of Queensland
Some parents may worry cooking is unsafe for kids. But with the right supervision and age-appropriate tasks you can make it work.
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By Joëlle Rouleau, Département d’histoire de l’art, de cinéma et des médias audiovisuels, Université de Montréal
Beyond mere identity, ‘Empathie’ embodies a queer sensibility through its refusal to judge and its radical insistence that love takes multiple forms.
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By Christopher Chapman, Senior lecturer in oceanography, UNSW Sydney
Clive McMahon, IMOS Animal Tagging, Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Rob Harcourt, Emeritus Professor of Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
Every summer, communities across northern Australia brace for the tropical cyclone season. Tropical cyclones draw their power from the warm seas, extracting heat and moisture from ocean water.
To improve cyclone forecasting – and better protect lives and property – we enlisted an unlikely ally: deep-diving sea turtles equipped with oceanographic sensors on their shells.
At times these turtles have encountered powerful tropical cyclones, allowing their sensors to gather and can gather critical information on how the temperature in the water changes as the storm passes overhead.…
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By Katie Attwell, Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
The effects of COVID vaccine mandates live on today. And a distrust of government is one of its biggest casualties.
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