“God of chaos” asteroid will pass close to Earth in 3 years, NASA says
An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a…
“Learning Gives Our Metamaterials the Ability to Evolve”: Scientists Invent Intelligent Materials That Learn, Change Shape, and Move on Their Own
University of Amsterdam researchers have unveiled a new type of human-made ‘metamaterials’ that can learn, change shape, and…
Colombia approves plan to cull of Escobar’s wild hippos
Colombian officials have approved a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely in the country’s central region,…
Canada’s newest astronaut and a historic mission – The B.C. Catholic
“Splashdown confirmed.” With those words from NASA’s Mission Control came the end of a remarkable and historic 10‑day…
Why some argue cutting costs is the best way to cut carbon
While the cost of renewables plays a part, the principal driver for this is, ironically, gas itself. The…
a fragment of the solar system that predates our planet
What if the heaviest “nugget” you have ever picked up was not gold at all, but a piece…
Two supermassive black holes are now heading for a Universe-shaking collision
Astronomers have spotted what appears to be two supermassive black holes locked in a death spiral at the…
Scientists test a fundamental rule of gravity on cosmic scales — and it holds up
For more than 300 years, Isaac Newton’s simple rule about gravity has held up: the farther apart two…
Flooding creates two small lakes in North Bay parking lot
Northgate Shopping Centre was tough to navigate on Tuesday afternoon as extreme flooding in the North Bay area…
NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
Having demonstrated that it has the operational capability to transport humans safely to the moon and back, the…
Michel Mayor, Nobel laureate in Physics: ‘People think humanity is eternal, but we are animals and we will become extinct’ | Science
Michel Mayor’s life could have ended in one of the worst deaths imaginable. In 1968, this Swiss mountaineering…
250-million-year-old fossil proves mammal ancestors laid eggs
(CNN) – Researchers said a fossil found in South Africa proves for the first time that mammal ancestors…