The “space dust” which helps to form the stars and planets around the cosmos is spongier than previously thought, an international team of scientists has found. Astronomers and astrochemists reviewed ...

In his first major General Conference address Sunday as the top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, senior apostle Dallin H. Oaks took a significant departure from the tradition ...

IN ADDITION to demonstrating a basic handling of speaking, reading and writing in English, federal immigration law requires prospective citizens to understand “the fundamentals of the history, and of ...

Wolves had long been extinct in parts of Central Europe. Thanks to strict regulations to protect species, in recent decades they have become more widespread again. This brings new challenges: in many ...

The Perseverance rover's discovery of a potential biosignature found on a sedimentary rock on Mars is an exciting development in our search for life elsewhere in the universe, but how does it rank ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. Daniel Pfurtscheller previously ...

Imagine the impact of climate change is irreversible, and decades of flooding, famine, pandemics and war have upended life on earth. That world is explored in Ian McEwan's new novel, “What We Can Know ...

Chris Krogh was previously a member of the NSW Education Standards Authority Home Schooling Consultative Group. David Roy was previously a member of the NSW Education Standards Authority Home ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, ...

Caught between his political and aesthetic commitments, the painter, photographer, and illustrator has suffered the fate of misapprehension. When the last major Ben Shahn retrospective opened almost ...