What is the most American animal?
In 1782, a lesser-known Founding Father, Charles Thomson, slapped a shield onto a bald eagle with talons full…
What makes a star a star? A strange ‘in-between’ celestial object is testing astronomers’ boundaries
Around 1,350 light years away from Earth is a star called TOI-2155. It’s a little bigger, heavier and…
‘Tonnes of rubble’: 58,000 buildings estimated destroyed in Venezuela earthquakes | Venezuela
More than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last…
Rocket Lab’s $8B Iridium deal opens new satellite-phone test
Rocket Lab’s $8 billion Iridium deal gives the space company something that cannot be built overnight: a global…
Backreaction of stimulated Hawking radiation in an optical analogue
Hawking, S. Black hole explosions? Nature 248, 30–31 (1974). Article ADS Google Scholar Brout, R., Massar, S., Parentani,…
Study finds giraffes may be capable of rudimentary math
Researchers in Barcelona conducted experiments with four zoo giraffes that indicate the animals might be capable of basic…
New Detector Design May Expand Dark Matter Search
Dark matter accounts for 85% of the matter in the universe, but scientists still do not know what…
Clermont community bands together for slow, steady flood recovery
Allan Kelly had driven on the flooded Gregory Highway before, but when he felt his ute start to…
Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules
WASHINGTON — A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to…
Heartwarming video shows rescued elephant making sure new calf gets safely to bed
A short video is melting hearts online for a simple reason: One young elephant is making sure another…
What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story
Australia’s crocodiles are the last survivors of a far more diverse group of ancient crocodylians that once dominated…
Scientists fear seabird die-off as El Niño looms: ‘We don’t know how bad this will get’ | San Diego
Within minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses –…