Science

How Yunnan’s mineral wealth and border corridors could solve China’s ‘Malacca dilemma’

With its vast strategic mineral reserves and land corridors to Southeast Asia, China’s southwestern province of Yunnan is vital to the country’s preparedness to counter geopolitical risks, according to researchers specialising in…

Chinese scientists unearth 2,000-year-old cousin of chess played by royals and commoners

There is no game quite like chess, which is so beloved and intricate that millions of people around the world dedicate their lives to mastering its strategies. The history of chess stretches back thousands of years to ancient India and has…

Wildfire scorches 12,000ha north of Madrid

The fire that started on July 16 in Guadalajara province has not caused any casualties so far.

16,000 hectares burned, over 1,100 evacuated: Spain's largest wildfire rages on

Wildfire scorches 12,000 hectares in central Spain's Guadalajara province

Spain is facing yet another raging wildfire as local authorities said on Sunday that a blaze north of Madrid had burned more than 12,000 hectares and forced hundreds of people to evacuate. Earlier this month one of the country's deadliest…

Hidden ocean feedback regulated Earth's climate for 60 million years

A new study has identified a natural process that may have helped keep Earth's climate stable for the past 60 million years. Researchers found that changes in sea level controlled the amount of phosphate reaching the oceans, affecting…

Special guest dazzles aspiring astronauts at Space Day Out

Young South Australians got one step closer to achieving their space exploration dreams on Sunday when they met a "real-life" astronaut.

Teeth reveal childhood origins of Africans rescued from slave ships

A new study has uncovered the childhood origins of 152 Africans rescued from illegal slave ships and taken to Saint Helena nearly 200 years ago. Using tooth chemistry, ancient DNA and historical records, researchers found they came from…

Wildfire haze hangs over eastern U.S. — and World Cup final

The wildfires burning in Canada have sent the noxious smog billowing across the border, with residents in New York, Washington and elsewhere urged to stay indoors.

SMOKERS’ CORNER: MANUFACTURING GEN-Z

The 21st century’s cultural terrain has fostered an unusual sociological phenomenon: the over-analysis of an entire demographic. Whereas researchers have studied youth cohorts since the 1960s, none have faced quite as intense a spotlight…

Sex-loving hookworms and other peculiar parasites: one man’s mission to champion nature’s villains

Award-winning entomologist Dino Martins, known for his work on pollinators, shows in his latest book that even the most gruesome creatures have vital roles to play Dino J Martins has never been able to resist the small things. The renowned…

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot, sleepless nights

Around the world, human-induced climate change is at least partly to blame for a growing sleep deficit.