Researchers, including academics from The Open University (OU), say predictions about rising sea levels may not be as high as feared. But they warn that unless…
In 2007, Karolien Verheyen was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a rare condition that causes small patches of red and swollen tissue (granulomas) to develop in the body’s…
The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, successfully completed a flyby of “Ultima Thule”, an object in the Kuiper belt of bodies beyond…
There’s more to a good night’s sleep than we might think, suggests Dr Paul Kelley, who has created a public research project to open our eyes…
The BepiColombo spacecraft blasted off into space, bound for Mercury in the early hours of Saturday 20th October from French Guyana and travel 9 billion km…
The southeast flank of Mount Etna in Sicily is sliding towards the sea at a rate of several centimetres a year. This might not sound like…
One of The Open University’s early female physics tutors has received the Breakthrough Prize for the discovery of radio pulsars. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell intends to…
One of the world’s largest icebergs – four times the size of London – has broken away from Antarctic shores and started spinning towards the open…
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children of all ages. The Conversation is asking young people to send in questions they’d like…
The age old question of whether Mars has ever supported life is the focus of the latest research from scientists at The Open University (OU). With…
