Your beer can only cool so fast. Blame quantum mechanics – Physics World
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The ‘Fish-Prawn’ Filmed Walking Backwards In The Deep Sea Is Not Actually A Hybrid
Deep on the floor of the northern South China Sea, a fish with a body like a shrimp…
Restoring nature is key to a more resilient future | Environment
Nature is humanity’s life-support system, but it is being depleted at an alarming rate, leaving our world increasingly…
SpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas
SpaceX wants to start flying its Starship megarocket a lot more often. The company has requested permission to…
Cyril Hilsum obituary | Physics
Cyril Hilsum’s research into stable liquid crystals and the devices in which they could be used paved the…
There’s a rare and very strange animal in the Pyrenees that looks like a tiny, hairy elephant
Elusive, aquatic and wonderfully odd, the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is one of Europe’s most mysterious mammals. Found…
Axolotls Have a Surprisingly Clever Ability, Even in Complete Darkness : ScienceAlert
You might think axolotls don’t have a lot going on. These strange amphibians seem to spend their days…
The hidden costs of fracking: boom in Argentina linked to trail of sickness | Global development
In Allen, a small town in Argentine Patagonia, many people living on the same street ended up falling…
What is Starshield? SpaceX’s military Starlink explained
Uncertainty over who controls SpaceX’s military satellite system, Starshield, has drawn renewed attention, as restrictions on the technology…
I saw ‘Whalefall’ with a man who really got trapped in a whale
Michael Packard wants you to know he wasn’t swallowed by a whale — he was inside one. Yes,…
Clock ticking for leap second: Why timekeeping could change forever | Science and Technology News
The world’s timekeepers are meeting on Thursday near Paris to decide whether to scrap the “leap second”, which…
Why is Nestlé discontinuing its paper-based Nespresso capsules?
Nestlé will no longer offer paper-based capsules for its Nespresso coffee brand – a decision it attributes to…