Up to half of NASA’s research and science budget is on the chopping block by the Trump Administration. The proposal has spurred several Maryland lawmakers to fight it.
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Up to half of NASA’s research and science budget is on the chopping block by the Trump Administration. The proposal has spurred several Maryland lawmakers to fight it.
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A new model of the cosmos does away with the universe’s two most troubling and mysterious elements, dark energy and dark matter, collectively referred to as the dark universe. Here’s the idea.
The new concept replaces the dark universe with a…
The Antikythera Mechanism, once hailed as the world’s first computer, is once again at the center of debate among scientists and researchers. A recent study published in “arXiv” sheds new light on this ancient Greek device, revealing that…
Most of us experience bitterness as a simple taste – something triggered by a vegetable that makes us wrinkle our noses and push a plate away.
But there’s more going on behind the scenes. The molecules that cause bitterness can vary wildly in…
An emerald-colored comet discovered at the start of the month has just “erupted” as it continues to race toward the inner solar system, before eventually slingshotting around the sun.
The icy outburst, which temporarily caused the comet to…
Heads up, aurora chasers! Earth’s magnetic field is about to experience a one-two punch from the Sun, and the result could be an impressive show of northern lights stretching into mid-latitudes. According to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction…
Some galaxies that should have ceased forming stars long ago are defying expectations. A new theory proposes the existence of a third galactic category — red star-forming galaxies — which could transform current models of galaxy evolution…
Summary: Our brains can adapt to filter out repeated distractions, according to a new EEG study. Participants learned to ignore frequent visual distractions, such as a red shape in the same location, while searching for a target.
Over time, brain…
A new idea about cosmic expansion has emerged that might remove the need for dark matter and dark energy altogether.
Experts have long debated exotic solutions to explain cosmic acceleration. Now, an alternate approach proposes a scenario in…