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how massive solar eruptions 'probably' detonated dozens of US sea mines

  • Written by: Brett Carter, Senior lecturer, RMIT University
how massive solar eruptions 'probably' detonated dozens of US sea minesSolar flares captured on the Sun.NASA/SDO

An extraordinary account of the impact space weather had on military operations in Vietnam in 1972 was found buried in the US Navy archives, according to a newly published article in Space Weather.

On August 4, 1972, the crew of a US Task Force 77 aircraft flying near a naval minefield in the waters off Hon...

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why atrocity tourism is neither new nor weird

  • Written by: Caroline Bennett, Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington
why atrocity tourism is neither new nor weirdA tourist photographs the stupa of human remains at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center.Caroline Bennett, CC BY-ND

Recently a new show appeared on my Netflix recommendations and drew my attention. Dark Tourist sells itself as a provocative and quirky documentary series, in which New Zealand journalist David Farrier visits sites associated with death,...

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What it means when scientists say their results are 'significant'

  • Written by: Yazad Irani, Post-Doctoral Researcher, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
What it means when scientists say their results are 'significant'Sometimes statistical analysis suggests a result is significant – but actually in real life it means very little. Marlon Lara/Unsplash, CC BY

This article is part of the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Today’s piece looks at statistics,...

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is the world's oldest rock art in Southeast Asia?

  • Written by: Adam Brumm, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
is the world's oldest rock art in Southeast Asia?Paintings of human figures from East Kalimantan. NB: The human figures, originally mulberry-coloured, have been digitally traced over to enhance the art.Pindi Setiawan , Author provided

Cave paintings in remote mountains in Borneo have been dated to at least 40,000 years ago – much earlier than first thought – according to a study publis...

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