Study Upends Usual Narrative in Dog-vs-Bear Fights
Dog-versus-bear tales tend to go viral—but a new analysis suggests the reality of what unfolds is different…
New method suggests the Moon once had an internal magnetic field
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. New research…
Hotter seas, vanishing kelp, booming octopus: How Europe’s marine life is changing
An octopus at Porthkerris reef, off Cornwall in southwestern England (Reuters) With European waters recording their hottest summer…
NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission
A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the…
FSU Receives $2.1 Million for Quantum Communication Testbed
Insider Brief Florida State University will establish a campus-scale quantum communication testbed with $2.1 million in federal Community…
Umbrella Wing | Nat Geo Photo of the Day
Camouflaged against the bark of a tree, a tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) shields two other birds from the…
Did you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle | Mathematics
Earlier today I set you a puzzle that Isaac Newton posed in 1679 in a latter to Robert…
The world’s southernmost wind farm uses just three turbines to help power U.S. and New Zealand research bases in Antarctica, cutting diesel consumption by about 122,000 gallons a year and preventing an estimated 1,242 metric tons of CO₂ emissions despite operating in one of Earth’s harshest environments
On a frozen ridge of Ross Island, three wind turbines turn above American McMurdo Station and New Zealand’s…
‘It is something we must know before we go where no man has gone before’: Readers react to NASA’s Roman telescope mission
Moving toward Lagrange point L2 around a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, NASA‘s Nancy Grace Roman…
Quantum memory stores single photons for record time in major leap towards a quantum internet
Researchers stored telecom-heralded single photons for up to 180 microseconds in a solid-state quantum memory while preserving nonclassical…
NGO recruiting four-legged ‘specialist’ to help deal with bear incidents
SAPPORO – As concerns grow over the presence of bears in urban areas, a Sapporo-based environmental NGO plans…
This Tiny 4-Inch Robot Hops, Backflips and Swims Using an Odd Trick Hidden in Its Legs
Small robots typically struggle on soft ground. Their motors may be strong enough to move their legs, although…