Researchers discover a hidden whistle inside a horse’s whinny
A horse’s whinny can sound like two calls at once. One part sits low and rough, like a…
NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman recently announced a significant restructuring of the Artemis program, and how the agency intends…
Snake conservationist’s NGO funded by brand that makes bags from pythons
One of the world’s leading snake conservationists is under fire for his NGO’s financial links to Louis Vuitton,…
Scientists recreate lightning in the lab without storm clouds
Lightning has always felt like one of those things that only nature can pull off: miles-wide storm clouds,…
Vast wraps $500M round as company vies for NASA space station contract
Vast missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that…
Name the seven-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo, who has found internet fame for his relationship with a stuffed orangutan toy from Ikea. – The Saturday Paper
Name the seven-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo, who has found internet fame for his relationship…
Ancient Milky Way stars challenge the age of the universe and the Hubble tension
The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments.…
Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
Between October 2022 and March 2025, we captured 22 such stellar occultations of the Didymos system. Combined with…
Dance, pluck… then paralyse: the riskiest date night in nature
Discover the spider puts its mate in a trance. Mating may be one of the riskiest things a…
New Insight on Body’s Physical Force Detection
LA JOLLA, CA—Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical…
Extreme weather is exposing a dangerous flaw in modern buildings
Most of us don’t see buildings as life-support systems. But that’s exactly what they are. We sleep inside…
NASA’s DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour…