Elon Musk Mulls Making Starlink a ‘Global Carrier’ After EchoStar Deal
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starlink could become a mobile carrier after his company reached a $17 billion…
Observing differential spin currents by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
Uchida, K. et al. Observation of the spin Seebeck effect. Nature 455, 778–781 (2008). Article PubMed ADS CAS …
How Micronutrient Shortages Changed Human DNA
Tiny elements in the human diet, such as micronutrients, may have influenced human evolution in ways greater than…
The Last Photo Of The ‘Barbary Lion’ Was Taken 100 Years Ago — A Biologist Tells Its Story
In 1925, a haunting image of a lonely lion wandering the Atlas mountains was captured. Here’s what makes…
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Misinformation, fear and politics – how a South Dakota county drove away millions in solar energy | South Dakota
Like most of South Dakota, Walworth county is built on farming. To the east of Selby, the county…
‘Good for the soul’: public urged to look up with Saturn on show | Saturn
It has baffled minds as great as Galileo’s, inspired composers and fuelled sci-fi fantasies, but while Saturn will…
Physicists propose tabletop “neutrino laser” to probe ghost particles
Trillions of ghostly particles called neutrinos stream through our bodies every second, slipping past atoms without a trace.…
New Marsupial Species Discovered in Australia
Named Bettongia haoucharae, the newly-discovered species of woylie is already likely extinct, says a team of researchers from…
Friction secrets revealed: The surprising physics of Earth’s crust
At a busy street crossing, people wait for the signal to change. When one person steps out first,…
Photovoltaic trees can save forest cover – pv magazine International
Research simulating a solar tree farm within a coastal forest in South Korea found that solar tree structures…
Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational ‘keyhole,’ scientists say
Smacking a planet-threatening asteroid comes with big responsibility. If we slam an impactor into an asteroid in exactly…