Bangkok Post – How (not) to conserve our tropical forests
Six months after last year’s United Nations Climate Conference (COP30), the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) has gone…
Earth may have been seeding Venus with life for billions of years
The theory of panspermia proposes that life, or the ingredients needed for it, can spread throughout the cosmos…
Twisting a crystal unlocks a new way to control quantum light
Quantum computers need light sources that all behave exactly the same. That’s easier said than done. The tiny…
Einstein Probe may have caught a black hole tearing apart a white dwarf for the first time
An extraordinary high-energy event detected deep in space is giving astronomers a rare opportunity to study some of…
A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off northern Japan
TOKYO — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan during rush hour on Thursday morning, but the…
China schedules Long March 10B rocket launch and recovery attempt
HELSINKI — China is set for a debut flight of its Long March 10B rocket in July and…
Increasing Photon Upconversion Efficiency With Structural Exciton Localization
In structures like photovoltaic cells there is only a limited spectrum of wavelengths that can perform useful work,…
Bum-breathing turtles, two-headed lizards and tree-dwelling kangaroos – meet the 13 weirdest animals in Australia
You’ve heard of koalas and kangaroos, but have you come across sea angels, lizards with horns and hopping…
‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it | Trees and forests
After hundreds of years inspiring wonder in Sherwood Forest, the Major oak has died. We asked readers to…
Listening for the echoes of black holes | MIT News
Black holes are often misunderstood to be just that: dark and mysterious voids that are somehow akin to…
Earth may have been seeding Venus with life for billions of years
The theory of panspermia proposes that life, or the ingredients needed for it, can spread throughout the cosmos…
European Heatwave Sparks US Questions About Lack of Air Conditioning
Europe is really, really hot right now. Across much of the continent, temperatures have surged to levels once…