Mars’ surface bears unmistakable evidence of a wetter past. Images, observations from rovers and studies of meteorites all point towards Mars once having...
When the generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool or ‘chatbot’ ChatGPT emerged in late 2022 it became the fastest adopted consumer app in human...
Gideon Mantell first published Thoughts on a Pebble in 1831 as a slim 18-page book based on answers he gave to his young son about a flint pebble found...
By the 19th century the use of gravestones for people of all classes seems to have become widespread, and the monumental masonry trade flourished. The...
Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing our world today. As scientists, we like to speak in nuanced tones, and love to qualify our statements....
Once the stuff of science fiction, and numerous false-starts, at last the extraction of bona fide ancient DNA from sediments (sedaDNA) has arrived. In...
As many academics will know, the road between a paper submission and its final publication can be a long and tortuous one. Dr John Woodward, M.D [c.1665...
While Earth’s geographic north pole is fixed, the magnetic north pole moves in tandem with Earth’s constantly shifting magnetic field. Depending on...
