Tapirs, bats and nests: How plastic infiltrates Amazonian wildlife
Studies have found microplastics in various species of Amazonian wildlife, including fish, tapirs, crabs and bats, even…
Ancient Mega-Escarpment May Solve Grand Canyon Mystery
Scientists have found evidence that a colossal cliff stretching thousands of kilometres across ancient North America may have…
High-speed centrifuges recycle nuclear fuel to tap 90% wasted energy
Spent nuclear fuel could become easier to recycle with a high-speed chemical separation system being developed by Argonne…
NASA spots crater on the moon created by SpaceX rocket crash
A NASA spacecraft in orbit around the moon captured dramatic images of the impact crater left when a…
Nvidia Bets on the Classical Side of Quantum Computing
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Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say | Wildlife
Humans turn to heated blankets and fluffy socks to cope with winter, but long-clawed shrews have a very…
New Insight Sparks Rethink of Human Ancestor Naming
Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors,…
Tropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big Island | Hawaii
Hawaii residents began to clean up after tropical storm Lala blew past the Big Island, leaving more than…
NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed antenna, but run out of time for replacement
Two astronauts — including the first French woman in history to perform a spacewalk — worked outside of…
van der Waals Josephson junctions for quantum science and technology
Devoret, M. H. & Schoelkopf, R. J. Superconducting circuits for quantum information: an outlook. Science 339, 1169–1174 (2013).…
Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal on Earth, up to one million hairs per square inch, because unlike whales and seals they carry no insulating blubber and would freeze to death in the North Pacific without a coat that traps a layer of air against their skin
A sea otter floating on its back off the California coast is wearing the densest fur of any…
Paleontologists Reconstruct 56-Million-Year-Old Forests – and Find a Chilling Warning for Today
Fragments of fossilized leaves like these helped the authors recreate the forest canopies of 56 million years ago.…