Drones gather new and useful data for marine research, but they can disturb whales and dolphins

Drones have allowed researchers to learn more about marine mammals. (Jaclyn Aubin / GREMM), Author provided Drones have changed the way researchers study whales and dolphins....

Is menopause making me put on weight? No, but it’s complicated

It’s a question people ask often: does menopause cause weight gain? Women commonly put on weight as they enter menopause. Research shows women aged 46-57 gain...

Uncovering the secret religious and spiritual lives of sex workers

Why does music bring back memories? What the science says

You’re walking down a busy street on your way to work. You pass a busker playing a song you haven’t heard in years. Now suddenly, instead...

Muscle memory is key to helping you get in shape again after time away from exercise

Quantum mechanics: how the future might influence the past

In 2022, the physics Nobel prize was awarded for experimental work showing that the quantum world must break some of our fundamental intuitions about how the...

Is lung inflammation worse in e-cigarette users than smokers, as a new study suggests?

A small study that compared the lungs of cigarette smokers with e-cigarette smokers found that e-cigarette smokers had more lung inflammation than those who smoked tobacco....

Great Mysteries of Physics 1: is time an illusion?

Without a sense of time, leading us from cradle to grave, our lives would make little sense. But on the most fundamental level, physicists aren’t sure...

Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments through a ‘gender lens’ – here’s how

Gender equity continues to be a significant problem in business globally. We all know the story: the gender pay gap is a persistent issue and female-dominated...

Pi gets all the fanfare, but other numbers also deserve their own math holidays

March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day because the date, when written as 3/14, matches the start of the decimal expansion 3.14159… of the most famous...