Scientists Detect Record-Breaking Radio Signal from the Ancient Universe
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that spotted a blast from the past,…
For The First Time Ever, Quantum Spins Shift a Centimeter-Scale Object : ScienceAlert
There’s another notable first in the field of quantum physics to report on, and it’s all to do…
15 guanacos were taken to a remote Falklands island in the 1930s; their descendants kept their genetic diversity through two severe population crashes |
In the late 1930s, a small group of guanacos, native South American camelids, was shipped from southern Patagonia…
Archaeologists Uncover Unprecedented Evidence of Neanderthal Woodworking Skills : ScienceAlert
We Homo sapiens are pretty damn proud of our tool-making prowess. From smartphones to the humble-yet-mighty wheel, our…
Montreal ranked among the friendliest cities in the world | Daily Hive
It’s a good week for the fine folks in Montreal. Not only has the major Canadian hub been…
Elon Musk: SpaceX Could Be Worth Vastly More Than Earth’s Economy
Elon Musk is known for having planet-sized ambitions, and his latest pronouncement lives up to that billing. “This…
Rock legend Rick Wakeman played piano for 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam; he now wants the last 125 bears still caged on bile farms moved to sanctuaries | World News
Most pianists perform for crowds that clap, cheer, and request encores. Rick Wakeman, the celebrated keyboard player from…
Meet Julian Shapiro, the 18-year-old New Yorker who discovered three unusual dwarf galaxies while still in high school, became sole author of an Astrophysical Journal paper and won a $25,000 Davidson Fellowship
The galaxies, now catalogued as Shapiro Dwarf Galaxies I, II and III, share an unusual combination of characteristics.…
Carbon Accounting May Be the Most Important Climate Fight You’ve Never Heard About
To understand the carbon accounting landscape, you need to understand the system at the center of the debate.…
SpaceX launches 21 satellites to orbit for the US military after 5-day delay
SpaceX just sent another batch of satellites to orbit for the U.S. military. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted…
Excitonic order in quantum materials
Mott, N. F. The transition to the metallic state. Philos. Mag.-J. Theor. Exp. Appl. Phys. 6, 287–309 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786436108243318…
Wildlife carers stunned by surge of premature flying fox births across NSW
Experienced wildlife carers have been overwhelmed by unprecedented rates of flying foxes giving birth to premature pups across…