How does your brain create new memories? Neuroscientists discover ‘rules’ for how neurons encode new information

By William Wright, University of California, San Diego; Takaki Komiyama, University of California, San Diego; The Conversation Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories....

Demand for critical minerals used in clean tech to triple by 2040

Anadolu, Philippine News Agency ANKARA – Rising demand for clean energy technologies to fight climate change is shaping the future with investments in critical minerals, whose demand...

Scientists should try to repeat more studies, but not those looking for a link between vaccines with autism

By Simon Kolstoe, University of Portsmouth, The Conversation Scientists, professors, engineers, teachers and doctors are routinely ranked among the most trustworthy people in society. This is...

Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here

Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS By John Bridges, University of Leicester, The Conversation A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars...

Canadian researchers are being asked politically charged questions when trying to secure U.S. grants

By Deana Sumanac-Johnson, CBC News, RCI Academics asked to confirm that their work doesn’t deal with ‘gender ideology,’ ‘environmental justice’ Academic researchers are used to filling...

Long, unplanned stay in space will have taken a toll on minds and bodies of stranded astronauts

By Craig Jackson, Birmingham City University, The Conversation US astronauts Sunni Williams and Barry Wilmore have been stranded in low earth orbit onboard the International Space...

North America will have a blood worm moon this week. Here’s how you can see it

By Anand Ram, CBC News, RCI Look up later this week for a lunar eclipse This week, robed in twilight, a blood worm will pierce the night sky....

New bans target PFAS in clothing. Here’s how to avoid exposure

There’s a 1.9% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don’t worry about it

By Natalie Stechyson, CBC News, RCI Near-Earth asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is estimated to be 40 to 100 metres across Look at it this way...

Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely

By Maikel Rheinstadter, McMaster University, The Conversation We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific...