Scientists Turned a 200-Year-Old Light Trick Into a Modern Breakthrough
A Poisson spot contains four types of skyrmions in one light spot. Credit: Optica / NTU Singapore A…
Pragmatic clinical trials may be more fragile than they…
A sophisticated trial design does not automatically make its result more reliable. Pragmatic cluster-randomised trials, adaptive platforms and…
Donald Trump blasts Canada over wildfire smoke threatening World Cup final
US President Donald Trump has unleashed a furious attack on Canada as dense wildfire smoke billowing south across…
Pentagon awards $7.1 million to expand U.S. production of cover glass for satellites
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon awarded $7.1 million to Martin Materials Solutions to expand U.S. manufacturing of space-qualified cover…
When elephants play, they rapidly copy one another’s trunk and head movements — a form of bodily mimicry resembling the contagious smiles and laughter seen in humans
Elephants at play do more than chase, spar and wrestle with their trunks. In a study of African…
Mars Exploration, Past, Present and Future – Special Panel Presentations
Image credit: NASA, Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc. To my local Martians here in Colorado: I am delighted to moderate…
Basin in the shower as a water conservation trick – The Irish Times
Sir, – In the late 1990s I was privileged to serve overseas with the Defence Forces in Cyprus.…
10 places in the US and Canada to see August’s partial solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower in 1 trip
Aug. 12, 2026, offers a rare double-header for skywatchers across northeastern North America: a partial solar eclipse during…
Decorated wild-boar tusk found in Russia may have been medieval warrior’s good-luck charm
Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a rare medieval wild-boar tusk that was likely used by a warrior or…
A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life
A PhD student in Sydney has produced cosmic dust from scratch by recreating a small piece of the…
Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions | Climate Crisis
As Europe faces repeated, dangerous heatwaves, the question is no longer whether rich countries need climate adaptation. It…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that…