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World's oldest predator

World's oldest predator

Friday, 9 December 2011

Seeing the eyes of a killer is the culmination of my lifelong fascination with Anomalocaris, the world's oldest predator.


Eureka prizes

Celebrity science takes a bow

Thursday, 8 September 2011

This week's 'Oscars' of science ramped up our recognition of some of the best. Congrats to the winners.


Cylon model

What the frack?

Thursday, 11 August 2011

It's controversial, has some bad connotations and isn't a word often heard in public. Yes, we're talking about fracking.


<i>Halicephalobus mephisto</i>

Going deep undercover

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Getting closer to the source of earthquakes could help scientists better understand when and why faults rupture. But it's research that comes with inherent risks.


Particle collisions

To be or not to be?

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Finding the Higgs boson may be as tricky as understanding just what this elusive particle does.


Vesta

To infinity and beyond?

Monday, 18 July 2011

Should we really be aiming to put astronauts on asteroids?


Coronal Mass Ejection

Top 5 coolest things in the Solar System

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Ok so cool isn't quite how you'd describe it but of my top five things in the Solar System this week the solar tsunami detected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory would have to be pretty high up the list.


SKA telescope

The winner is...

Thursday, 7 July 2011

The science world is watching as the process of selecting the winning bid to host the world's biggest radio telescope begins.


most distant quasar

A matter of scale

Thursday, 30 June 2011

There are many things in science that make you feel small. A contemplative gaze at the night sky, for instance.