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Will Dunham

ARTICLES BY WILL DUNHAM

An artist's impression of an object located roughly 4,200 light years from our solar system that may be a type of neutron star. (VIA REUTERS)

'First of its kind': This blinking star's unexpected behavior puzzles scientists

3 min read . 28 Jan 2022

An artist's impression of the Cygnus X-1 system. (REUTERS)

New look at first black hole detected shows it is bigger than expected

1 min read . 19 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Sheldon Adelson while taking the stage at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo (REUTERS)

Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul who made big bets on Trump and Netanyahu, dies

5 min read . 12 Jan 2021

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope released on 31 March, 2016 shows the centre of the Milky Way, 27 000 light-years away from Earth. Scientists have detected a dozen black holes at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. Photo: AFP

At the centre of our galaxy, there’s a black hole party

2 min read . 06 Apr 2018

Icarus, located in a distant spiral galaxy, is at least 100 times further away than any other star previously observed, with the exception of things like the huge supernova explosions that mark the death of certain stars. Photo: Bloomberg

Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope detects farthest star ever seen

2 min read . 03 Apr 2018

This composite image, derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard Nasa’s Juno mission to Jupiter, shows the central cyclone at the planet’s north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. Photo: Courtesy Nasa/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail

1 min read . 13 Mar 2018

Only 19 mammal species are longer-lived than humans relative to body size. Eighteen of them are bats, some living more than four decades. Photo: Reuters

Bats’ genetic trait holds secrets of longevity

1 min read . 08 Feb 2018

Researchers announced the discovery of the fossil estimated as 177,000 to 194,000 years old, and said the teeth bore telltale traits of Homo sapiens not present in close human relatives alive at the time including Neanderthals. Photo: Reuters

Oldest human remains outside Africa found in Israel’s Misliya Cave

2 min read . 30 Jan 2018

Brain shape evolution in Homo sapiens are shown in this combination image—the 300,000 year-old cranium Jebel Irhoud 1 (L) and present day humans (R)—in this undated handout image released on 24 January, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Mind bender: Shape of human brain evolved over time

2 min read . 26 Jan 2018

Nasa’s prototype nuclear power system uses a uranium-235 reactor core roughly the size of a paper towel roll. Photo: Bloomberg

Nasa tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars

2 min read . 19 Jan 2018

An illustration of a reconstruction of the iridescent dinosaur which had rainbow feathers, named Caihong juji, unearthed in China, is shown in this October 31, 2016 photo released on January 15, 2018. Courtesy Velizar Simeonovski/The Field Museum for the University of Texas at Austin/Handout via REUTERS

‘Rainbow dinosaur’ Caihong juji had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds

2 min read . 17 Jan 2018

File photo. Paleontologists said the partial skeleton of Diluvicursor pickeringi, that lived about 113 million years ago, provides insight into the array of dinosaurs that inhabited Australia. Photo: Reuters

Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found

1 min read . 12 Jan 2018

With few exceptions, growth in nighttime light was observed throughout South America, Africa and Asia. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Light pollution rises on a global scale

2 min read . 25 Nov 2017

These alkali flies have magnified both traits to overcome the extreme conditions of Mono Lake, considered among the ‘wettest’ water on Earth with a slippery, nearly oily feel. Photo: AFP

Mystery of America’s scuba-diving fly solved, say scientists

2 min read . 21 Nov 2017

An artists representation of a Sinosauropteryx, a small feathered dinosaur. Photo: AFP

Raccoon-sized dinosaur with ‘bandit mask’ amazes scientists

2 min read . 28 Oct 2017

An international team of scientists have found the footprints of a giant carnivorous dinosaur that roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago, the first proof that T. Rex-like predators existed during the Early Jurassic period. Photo: AFP/ University of Manchester/Fabien Knoll

Fossil footprints reveal existence of big early dinosaur predator

2 min read . 27 Oct 2017

People living on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean long had spoken of a big, tree-dwelling rat called vika that inhabited the rainforest. Representational image. Photo:

Oh, rats! Big tree-dwelling rodent found in Solomon Islands

1 min read . 30 Sept 2017

File photo of an ethnic group in South Africa. The new study and fossil discoveries from Morocco throw fresh light on the origin of Homo sapiens which was earlier throught to be 200,000 years ago. Photo: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

Homo sapiens 135,000 years older than previously believed

1 min read . 29 Sept 2017

Jellyfish have thrived in the seas for at least 600 million years, longer than nearly any other animal. Photo: iStock

Jellyfish Cassiopea that lacks a brain needs to sleep too, say scientists

2 min read . 22 Sept 2017

Duck-billed dinosaurs, also called hadrosaurs, earned their name because the front of their skull resembles a duck's bill. Photo: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Plant-eating dinosaurs snacked on crustaceans

2 min read . 22 Sept 2017