A clever quantum trick brings practical quantum computers closer
Quantum computers have the potential to transform fields ranging from materials science to cryptography, but today they remain…
It’s 1,500m long, wide and high enough to drive a van through, and its ceiling is covered in animal scratches – but what humongous creature made them?
Across Brazil and parts of Argentina, scientists have discovered dozens of strange tunnels dug deep into the earth.…
These 773,000-year-old fossils may reveal our shared human ancestor
Perfectly timed fossils from Morocco reveal a forgotten African population living near the very root of the human…
Should We Have Sex In Orbit?
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that had off-Earth offspring, took stock of…
Researchers create ‘impossible’ material that defies physics theory
Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have defied long-standing material theories by developing a brand-new class of…
They Thought This Owl Was ‘Dead’ In A Soccer Net — Then They Saw A Flutter
The other day, a homeowner near West End, North Carolina, awoke to an utterly frightening scene in their…
Biofilms protect astronaut health during long space missions
Biofilms have emerged as a critical life-support system for long-duration spaceflight, shaping human and plant health rather than…
Nearby star’s massive eruption could help astronomers unlock secret of superflares
It’s a tough trick to catch a cosmic firework just as it explodes. The universe is a really…
NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC) Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly…
I Moved From the US to Canada and Have No Regrets. Here’s My Advice.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Elliott Waehner, a 37-year-old graphic designer based in Calgary.…
For Jupiter, ‘Textbooks Will Need to Be Updated’
Jupiter hasn’t shrunk, but our best measurement of it just did. Using fresh data from NASA’s Juno…
Five Cheetah Cubs Born In Kuno National Park, Population Rises to 35
Bhopal: Namibian female cheetah Aasha in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday became a mother for…