Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

Computer algorithms have designed highly efficient synthetic enzymes from scratch, with minimal need for tedious hands-on ...

Experiments suggest moths use the Milky Way to orientate themselves — plus, evidence that humans expanded into new ecosystems ...

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Bogong moths migrate hundreds of kilometres and back each year using the southern night sky as their compass.