Four women from PNG have started a 68-week course at the Motueka pilot training school, on full scholarships funded by the governor of Central Province, Kila Haoda. The innovative move is part of ...

Science News sponsorship position. His team studied neurons from mollusks called sea hares: Two sensory neurons each connected to the same motor neuron, which controls muscle movement. Each ...

OPINION: A group of scholars at the University of Auckland think mātauranga Māori isn’t “real science”, but I ... is a columnist and reporter for Stuff.LAWRENCE SMITH / Stuff So, what ...

When it comes to establishing causality (whether in science or anything else, really), researchers rely on a mix of approaches to make their case. A core element of this process involves inductive ...

Critics say items on list are 'science fiction' Paul Barker, director of PNG-based think tank the Institute of National Affairs, said many of the cabinet-endorsed projects appeared unrealistic and ...

Sometimes (or, um, many times), your body decides it wants a bag of Sour Patch Kids or a chocolate bar, stat. Whether they hit every day or once in a while, sugar cravings are simply a fact of life.

If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Stuff Your Kindle Day is a great time to stock up your digital library. If you've had sci-fi books on the ...

Side-splitting laughter isn’t so typical for a science fair. But when Paul Stapleton, a career biologist and judge for this year’s Santa Fe Public Schools District STEM Fair, laid eyes on ...

When you want to move an object from one place to another, you usually grab it with your hands or a robotic arm. But what if you want to move something you cannot touch without damaging or ...

“The sun is not just off in some void of space that we’re not connected to,” Sarah Gibson, a heliophysicist at the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research ...

If not, then how should we go about understanding them? Professor Chris French presents: The Science of Weird Stuff. Photo: Chris French. In his fascinating and entertaining talk, Chris French ...