AI Set to Extend Fossil Fuel Dominance
AI’s energy footprint is out of control. Hyperscalers are building out data centers faster than the energy industry…
We just got a glimpse at what NASA’s Skyfall helicopters will look like in action
If you just can’t wait for NASA’s new Mars helicopters to get to work, you can now see…
China pushes quantum entanglement 4x to 260 miles across fiber
Quantum networks could eventually connect computers and sensors across cities, but distance remains a major engineering hurdle. Quantum…
Rare footage shows dolphins using empty seashells as tools to catch fish, a skill called ‘shelling’
Video footage shows dolphins using empty seashells to catch fish and a calf potentially learning the hunting technique…
On 1 March 1982, a Soviet probe called Venera 13 touched down on Venus and was expected to last just 32 minutes in 465°C heat — it survived for 127 minutes, drilled and analysed a soil sample, and sent back the first colour photographs ever taken from the surface of Venus.
At 03:57:21 Universal Time on 1 March 1982, Venera 13 settled onto Venus after an atmospheric descent lasting…
Greek wildfire kills two people as aircraft deployed to blaze at Belgian nature reserve | Wildfires
An elderly couple died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis on Sunday and a fire ravaged…
Which building blocks of life have been found in space, and which haven’t?
Scientists have discovered the basic ingredients for life in asteroids and meteorites, on Mars, and around young stars.…
Vietnamese scientists explore universe through some of world’s largest physics experiments
Through “High-Energy Physics Research through Selected International Experiments in Japan,” the Vietnamese scientists have joined two of the…
‘Giraffe’s head’ sinkhole stunt backfires in South Africa
When politicians from South Africa’s main opposition party put a stuffed giraffe’s head into a sinkhole, their plan…
Scientists recreated the conditions on Saturn’s moon Titan and watched molecules that shouldn’t mix form stable crystals together — at around minus 179°C, polar hydrogen cyanide accepts nonpolar methane and ethane into its crystal structure, breaking one of chemistry’s most familiar rules of thumb.
“Like dissolves like” is one of chemistry’s most useful shortcuts. Polar materials tend to associate with polar materials,…
How experts track extreme drought across Canada and beyond
Drought is a sneaky hazard that affects everyone in some surprising ways. A sustained lack of precipitation can…
In 2016, an amateur astronomer testing a new camera captured a supernova brightening up to 70 million light-years away
First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Hershel, NGC 613 is a galaxy which lies in…