Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future
The story in 60 seconds Every electric vehicle, wind turbine, solar panel, smart phone; they all depend on…
Elon Musk Says the Short Sellers Betting Against SpaceX Have a “Very Low” Survival Probability. Their Bets Now Equal 32% of the Float.
“The survival probability of firms who maintain a significant short position in SpaceX over time is very low,”…
Rainbow Snake: The hidden wetland hunter that depends on American eels and rarely encounters humans |
The rainbow snake is a large, non-venomous species with a glossy black body marked by three thin red…
The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting Its Biggest Upgrade Yet. What Comes Next Could Change Physics
Deep beneath the French-Swiss border, the world’s largest scientific instrument has fallen silent. After years of smashing proton…
The UCP Is Killing a Key Part of Alberta’s Environmental Protection
For more than 20 years, Alberta has relied on a network of consensus-based advisory organizations to help shape…
What are the strange little red dots seen in the early Universe? Scientists have come up with an intriguing new theory
The discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope of little red dots – a previously unexpected population of…
The Milky Way’s Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
Somewhere near the star Altair, one of the brighter stars in the northern summer sky, sits an object…
Every few years the entire humpback population of the South Pacific abandons its song and adopts a brand-new one that has drifted in from thousands of miles away—the only known case of a culture-wide fashion sweeping a species that isn’t human
On a humpback breeding ground, nearly every singing male performs the same long, structured song. The sounds change…
Canada’s new dinosaur coin is giving major ‘Jurassic Park’ vibes | Daily Hive
Canada just got a brand new dinosaur coin, and it’s bringing a prehistoric predator back to life in…
Trump is punishing Canada for wildfire smoke for bizarre reasons.
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Rivers of magma once bubbled beneath crust of Mars, research suggests | Mars
Mars once had rivers of magma bubbling beneath its crust, new research suggests. The surprise find makes it…
5 stunning purple snakes that look straight out of a fantasy novel
Snakes are among the lethal creatures found in the wild, and spotting one almost sends chills down a…