Why Chattanooga business leaders should be paying attention to quantum now
What if one of the most important emerging technologies for business is already available in Chattanooga? As home…
Once hunted to near extinction, Brazil’s humpback whales make a stunning comeback, population surges from just 2,000 to nearly 35,000 in two decades
A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP photo) Humpback whales are returning…
ANALYSIS | Nepal’s devastating floods won’t be the last. As the region’s mountains heat up
The collapse of a mountainside triggered Nepal’s devastating floods. As the region’s mountains heat up, it won’t be…
Scientists trace 7 stages of a meteorite’s life from hurtling space rock to Earth’s surface
Studying 75 meteorites falling to Earth, scientists have identified the seven stages a space rock goes through as…
University of Botswana physicists answer to Einstein :: Mmegi Online
Dr Stuart Marongwe and Dr Moletlany iTshipa are both based in the University of Botswana’s Physics Department. Marongwe…
Photographer wins dream Canadian Geographic gig for wildlife portfolio including dramatic shot of puffin and cute fox portrait
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Most…
New tool amplifies and visualizes tiny protein changes
Imagine a brain teaser where the challenge is to spot the difference between two nearly identical sandcastles. The…
Multilayer soil moisture depletion intensifies drought impacts on global ecosystems
Gridded datasets The ERA5-Land reanalysis produced by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) is a land-focused…
This tiny space mission wants to reach Alpha Centauri, in about 80,000 years
In brief: A small team of engineers and scientists have announced what they are describing as humanity’s first…
Why do black hole flares die out? It may be down to how stars spin
Some stars encounter supermassive black holes and live to tell the tale. New research shows why the flares…
In 1905, a Bohemian prince released five muskrats into his estate ponds as a fur venture. Within a decade, around 2 million were in Bohemia | World News
A small group of muskrats arrived in Bohemia in 1905, carried across the Atlantic as curiosities from a…
DARPA funds project to build wireless yeast DNA printer
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tasked scientists with developing a system that can receive instructions…