A monumental geological event is underway in East Africa. Deep within the Earth’s crust, tectonic forces are gradually breaking the African continent apart. This slow-motion rupture is now advancing faster than previously believed, and it…
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When it comes to the future of space travel, nothing exceeds like excess.
Pulsar Fusion hopes to demonstrate that axiom with its planned Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket,…
Geminid Meteor Shower 2020 over pond and direct road in Fred C. Babcock/Cecil M. Webb Wildlife … More
For her PhD research, bat biologist Kadambari Deshpande made overnight recordings of bat echolocation calls in the Western Ghats. A “good night” would generate about 30 GB of data from 11 hours of recording with a bat detector. To process the…
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb’s image brings out the nebula’s nuances, particularly its ‘fuzzy’…
An extraordinary expedition recently ventured deep into the icy heart of Antarctica, offering a rare look at a world so remote and unexplored that it feels almost mythical. A team of international researchers from the University of Gothenburg…
What happens when a mouse watches The Matrix? Apparently, science advances. A recent project used that very setup to produce the most detailed functional brain map ever created.
It captures 84,000 neurons and their 500 million synapses in vivid,…
In just a couple of weeks, I’ll be packing my bags and heading to a beautiful island just off the coast of northwestern Africa shaped by volcanic activity and dense, forested terrain. However, while the beautiful port towns, extensive beaches…
In their search for more flavors of Higgs bosons, a team of researchers at CERN stumbled across what could be evidence of the smallest matter-antimatter particle ever.
The hypoethical particle, known as toponium, would be the result of merging a…
Would you eat the forbidden fungi? Scientists have uncovered a mushroom-derived compound that seems to be the most bitter substance known on Earth.
Researchers in Germany made the not-so-tasty find in…