NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Advances with Progress on Nuclear Power Module
Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel…
Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven
Running complicated algorithms on quantum computing hardware is going to require the use of logical qubits, where collections…
How 800 Pound Gorilla became the biggest indie animal in comedy
800 Pound Gorilla started its comedy company 10 years ago with the same goal as any successful stand-up:…
Uranus and Neptune Look Like Twins. Scientists Now Think It’s a Coincidence
Despite the iconic documentary, Uranus and Neptune are arguably the real “blue planets” in our solar system. And…
Subsidence claims: after drought, ground can shrink, swell or even collapse when it rains – causing damage to homes
A crack appears beside a window after weeks of scorching weather. As much as you might hope the…
The James Webb telescope is watching one of the earliest supernovas in the universe unfold
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Scientists reveal new theory of why we exist
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A wildlife photographer woke up from a nap under a tree with a cheetah sleeping against him
He lay down in the shade of a tree for a quick nap. When he opened his eyes,…
Animals May Have Evolved 200 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought
A diorama of some of the earliest animals on Earth. Image via Wiki Commons. An ancient fossil bed…
There’s another water crisis in the Southwest and this one’s invisible
The United States’ two largest reservoirs have dropped to unprecedented lows this year as drought grips the Southwest,…
Monarch Quantum Supplies Photonics Hardware for NASA Gravity Sensor Mission
Insider Brief Monarch Quantum is supplying integrated photonics hardware to support Infleqtion‘s work on NASA’s Quantum Gravity Gradiometer…
The Spec Sheet Was Written for Younger Eyes
October 20, 2026 Older participants distinguished colors better under light with lower rendering scores On a senior…