Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why...
The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the human Y chromosome is degenerating and...
As we prepare to invest money to prevent the next global pandemic and find solutions to many other problems, science funders have a large opportunity to...
NASA astronaut Winston E. Scott on an EVA in 1996. NASA JSC The European Space Agency made history last week with the announcement of the first...
The time fathers devote to child care every week has tripled over the past 50 years in the United States. The increase in fathers’ involvement in...
The amount of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere makes it a habitable planet. Twenty-one per cent of the atmosphere consists of this life-giving element. But in...
Magma fountains through a fissure on Mauna Loa, becoming lava, on Nov. 28, 2022. K. Lynn/USGS Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending...
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic drove a surge in remote work and learning, videoconferencing apps such as Zoom saw their user numbers boom. Plenty of...
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened...
You face a dilemma. You’ve found the perfect shirt, and it’s an absolute bargain, but you notice it’s “Made in Bangladesh”. You’re conscious it was probably...