The Sky Today on Saturday, June 13: Catch Comet 220P/McNaught
Back to Article List Comet McNaught recently underwent a major brightening event and is now passing closest to…
Bolivia moves to formalize mining permits without environmental licenses, and the plan reopens the clash between enforcement, revenue, and the ecological cost of “legalizing” the irregular
Bolivia’s government is weighing a decree that could turn 3,982 old mining authorizations into formal administrative mining contracts,…
On Eve of SpaceX IPO, Protesters Roast Grok With Giant Elon Musk Inflatable
A day before SpaceX’s initial public offering, which set stock market records, a giant inflatable figure of the company’s…
A molecule that emits laser-like light
Chemists have engineered a new molecule that can help organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) produce purer colors, potentially…
MIT’s New Tech Gives Underwater Robots Perfect 3D Vision in Murky Waters
Just a tiny fraction of one percent of the ocean floor has been visually surveyed by cameras due…
A single kilogram of conventionally farmed beef requires approximately 15,400 litres of water to produce, the equivalent of around 100 standard bathtubs, and generates approximately 99 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of driving an average car about 250 miles.
The figures come from two of the most carefully constructed peer-reviewed datasets in environmental science. The water footprint…
Dark energy survives major challenge as universe keeps accelerating
Astronomers say a recent challenge to one of the most important discoveries in modern cosmology has been resolved,…
Single Brain Hub Coordinates Sensory Predictions Across Changing Bodies
Summary: A new study has provided the first complete, circuit-wide map of how the brain accurately predicts and…
A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones
Redeploying unmodified consumer smartphones in a datacenter environment would be hazardous and inefficient. Smartphones’ compute elements are wrapped…
Avanti trims GEO exposure with Hylas-3 sale
TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once…
Einstein’s Lost Theory Said Gravity Changes Speed of Light and a New Experiment Claims It Was Right
A humble elevator shaft was recently used in a test of the constancy of the speed of light.…
Astronomers trace a 20-year radio mystery to clashing fields between two stars
Astronomers say they may be close to explaining a space mystery that has lingered for about 20 years:…