Latest Science — 24 July 2017

Latest Science

24 July 2017

How to weigh a black hole without getting off the couch

There’s a simple relationship between the angle of the arms of a spiral galaxy and the mass of the black hole at the galaxy’s heart

Space

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How to weigh a black hole without getting off the couch

Space

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Rainforests can make their own rain

Climate

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How non-optical telescopes see the universe

Technology

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The future of hydrogen fuel

Technology

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Could Tyrannosaurus rex run? Probably not

Palaeontology

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Topology explained – and why you're a donut

Topology explained – and why you're a donut

Explainer

A new form of matter: scientists create the first supersolid

A new form of matter: scientists create the first supersolid

News

How to see the 2017 Perseid meteor shower

How to see the 2017 Perseid meteor shower

News

Why do we have blood?

Why do we have blood?

Cosmos Conversation

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How to weigh a black hole without getting off the couch

News

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Tracks on Mars

Image of the Day

Image of the Day

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To make hot ice, take one diamond and vaporise with a laser

News

How giant atoms may help catch gravitational waves from the Big Bang

Cosmos Conversation

What ‘teleporting’ a photon to space means

Using quantum entanglement and a purpose-built satellite, first successful ‘quantum teleportation’ brings a quantum internet a step closer.

News

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Indigenous hydrogeologist Bradley Moggridge

Bradley Moggridge is on a mission to integrate his mob’s traditional knowledge pool with the formal science of hydrogeology. He explains the benefits to Andrew Masterson.

Geoscience

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How non-optical telescopes see the universe

Explainer

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The future of hydrogen fuel

Opinion

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More technologies

Could Tyrannosaurus rex run? Probably not

News

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How climate change strangled a Jurassic ocean ecosystem

News

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More palaeontologies

The future of hydrogen fuel

What killed the giant wombats?

Can we stop cancer ending up a disease of the poor?

A tiny endangered marsupial points the way to a sustainable future

David Lindenmayer

Blood test may give early Alzheimer’s warning

Ratios of amyloid beta proteins in a patient’s blood can reveal Alzheimer’s disease decades before symptoms occur

News

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Sunfish spotting: four-year search discovers first new species in 130 years

News

Why dogs are our best friends: it’s in their genes

News

Magic or maths? Find the day of the week for any date

Opinion

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How maths is helping sub-Saharan maize farmers

News

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More mathematics

Why do we have blood?

Biology

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How scientists invent new colours

Chemistry

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More conversations

How non-optical telescopes see the universe

How non-optical telescopes see the universe

Explainer

What is brown fat?

What is brown fat?

Explainer

How do vacuum cleaners work?

How do vacuum cleaners work?

Explainer

How does a jet engine work?

How does a jet engine work?

Explainer

More explainers

A two-headed snake

Biology

A short flight over Pluto

Space

Cubesat captures a new angle on spaceflight

Space

Tiny spider shoots 25-metre web

Biology

Fractals in nature

Mathematics

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Apollo 11: the first humans on the moon

Space

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Weapons against superbugs

Also in this issue: Time to pop an anti-ageing pill? – The origins of entanglement – Women in STEM feature – NEW science club section

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An Australian first: Uni of Adelaide now accredited to train drone pilots

Society

UNSW climate scientist awarded international prize for Antarctic research

Society

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