T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant
For most of the last century, T. rex was pictured as a sluggish, tail-dragging reptile that had to…
New nanoparticles make hidden chemical differences light up
Engineers at the University of Toronto have developed a new type of dye-sensitized nanoparticle that can detect chemicals…
Climate change is making it easier for invasive species to succeed
In 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 250 kilometres an hour.…
Join us Wednesday as we discuss KSC, space and Central Florida – Orlando Sentinel
The nation’s space program and Central Florida have been closely linked since the first rocket blasted off from…
A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
The research team focused on 15 of the most “pristine” small, remote galaxies ever discovered for these papers.…
Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA | Los Angeles
Every year, as summer draws to a close and fall begins, California’s bears get hungry. Black bears have…
Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense
For 10 years, physicist Stephan Schlamminger had been chasing one of the most stubborn numbers in science. Now,…
Are major ocean currents moving to turn Earth into a snowball?
arXiv: A website that posts research papers — often before they are formally published — in the fields…
Venus to reach peak brightness in Oman’s evening sky on Tuesday
MUSCAT: Venus will reach peak brightness in Oman’s evening sky on Tuesday, appearing as a brilliant point of…
Twenty-two years of X-ray timing suggest the disk around pulsar 4U 1626−67 may have flipped from rotating backward to forward in 2008, turning years of spin-down into spin-up — though the evidence remains indirect.
For decades, the ultracompact X-ray binary 4U 1626−67 has behaved like a machine that periodically changes gear. Its…
Pythons vs vipers: Venom, size, hunting by constriction or fangs, native range and how each family reproduces |
Image: Left/Python/Right/Viper/Canva They might both command a great deal of attention (and fear), but pythons and vipers have…
Scientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a century
A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially exist within…