Suzannah Lyons
Face masks are no silver bullet for coronavirus – but they do have benefits
There’s been much debate around the world about whether the public should be wearing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic. The US...
The New Zealand kea can understand probability, a cognitive trait only seen in apes and humans
Being called “bird-brained” isn’t much of an insult when you’re being compared to the highly intelligent Kiwi parrot, the kea. New research,...
Stardust found inside Murchison meteorite in Victoria is oldest-known solid material on Earth
A seven-billion-year-old grain of stardust – older than our solar system – has been discovered inside a meteorite by an international team...
Geminid meteor shower will light up our skies this coming weekend
Nature is putting on a spectacular light show this weekend, and it’s definitely worth watching. The annual Geminid meteor shower has once...
NASA’s new black hole visualisation shows how gravity warps our view of them
NASA has released a spectacular visualisation of a black hole — the only thing is, it’s not black and it doesn’t even...
How would you react in a sci-fi apocalypse? Here’s what psychology and neuroscience tell us
Imagine the apocalypse is coming: The Earth is about to experience a massive solar storm; an asteroid is about to slam into...