My quiet obsession with satellites — and how they’re ruining everything
Did you ever see an Iridium flare? For two decades until 2019, these communication satellites would become dazzlingly…
Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Companies in 2026
Insider Brief Trapped-ion quantum computing remains one of the leading quantum hardware approaches due to its high gate…
China claims ‘spy sea turtles’ are studying its coastline
Published on 12/06/2026 – 11:41 GMT+2 China accused foreign governments of enlisting sea turtles to create underwater maps…
The critical robot arm on the ISS isn’t working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it
One of the space station’s robot arms, crucial for catching cargo ships and doing a share of maintenance…
A ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown
Summary A mysterious cold patch in the North Atlantic has puzzled scientists for years. New research links the…
B.C. firm ‘over the moon’ about contract to chart Canada’s role in lunar exploration
Shaun Riddell is “over the moon” — figuratively, if not quite yet literally — since his Langley, B.C., firm…
We may need new physics. Scientists say mini-universes could form within dying stars
What happens when a star collapses? This isn’t just a hypothetical thought experiment, but rather a key question…
Scientists Pulled 700,000-Year-Old DNA From Frozen Squirrel Poop
Arctic ground squirrels will eat just about anything. Apparently, they have been like this for at least 700,000…
A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea | Waste
On an overcast June morning, I step from the rubber-sided Zodiac boat on to a floating barge at…
Breathable oxygen has now been produced on the surface of Mars — generated between 2021 and 2023 by a NASA experiment about the size of a toaster, riding inside the Perseverance rover — in the first time humans have ever made air on another planet, opening the door to bringing astronauts safely home one day
Sometime around midday on April 20, 2021, a microwave-sized device on Mars finished its first hour of work…
One-way quantum synchronization could make quantum computers more reliable
A team of theoretical physicists at RIKEN has proposed a new way to achieve one-way quantum synchronization of…
Reciprocal Generosity is Abandoned Inside Unequal Social Relationships
Summary: A new study has redefined the understanding of human cooperation, proving that keeping a mental ledger of…