Belinda Smith
How not to kill your dog this summer
Spring is in the air and summer is not far away. To shake off those winter blues — and extra kilos —...
Space discovery: Astrophysicists pinpoint home of ‘ghost particles’
In a far corner of the cosmos four billion years ago, a tiny particle called a neutrino started its journey to Earth....
Pluto’s dunes snapped by NASA’s New Horizons are made from frozen methane
For a minor planet, Pluto throws up some pretty big surprises. The icy world has dunes, but unlike Earth’s sandy versions, Pluto’s...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid turned Earth’s thermostat up by 5 degrees
The asteroid smash that finished off the dinosaurs also cranked up Earth’s thermostat by 5 degrees for 100,000 years, according to shards...
North Korean nuclear test had energy of 10 Nagasaki bombs: Geophysicists
An underground North Korean nuclear test in September last year exploded with 10 times the energy of the atomic bomb that exploded...
Ancient butchered rhino suggests humans lived 700,000 years ago
Early humans called the Philippines home as far back as 700,000 years ago — and it appears they had an appetite for...
How cosmic collisions and epic explosions create the elements
“We’re made of star stuff,” astronomer Carl Sagan famously said. And it is true — the atoms that make you a living,...
Man struck by ‘thunderclap’ headaches after eating world’s hottest chilli
One chilli lover in the US got more than he bargained for when he developed excruciating ‘thunderclap headaches’ after eating the world’s...
Elusive black holes finally revealed at the centre of our galaxy
Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole’s entourage of smaller black holes has been spotted for the first time. Chuck Hailey from Columbia University...
The place most likely to harbour extra-terrestrial life
Enceladus is only 500 kilometres wide, but the tiny icy moon is a massive contender in the search for extra-terrestrial life. Now,...