Meltwater flowing off Antarctic ice shelves changes the ocean in ways that drive even faster melting
Current projections of sea level rise from Antarctic ice melt may be significantly underestimating the threat. A new…
Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says | Starbucks
If you attach a GPS tracker to a “widely recyclable” plastic Starbucks cup and drop it in an…
Is Earth getting brighter at night? It’s complicated, new NASA images reveal
A NASA study reveals that Earth is glowing brighter at night overall — but not everywhere, and not…
New atomic clocks can be used to observe the ‘quantum superposition of time’
Every GPS satellite carries a correction baked into its software. Einstein’s relativity says clocks tick faster in weaker…
Scientists rethink DNA after discovering it can be built from scratch in a process they call ‘doodling’
Scientists have found that DNA polymerases can write long, structured stretches of new genetic material without any template…
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of…
Mergers, Mayhem, and the Milky Way
Mergers are a part of a galaxy’s life, and the Milky Way is no exception. Without mergers, the…
Hektoria Glacier Collapse Reveals How Fast Antarctica Can Fall Apart
Hektoria Glacier, October 2022. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S.…
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed 72 flights in an atmosphere less than one percent as dense as Earth’s before rotor blade damage grounded it in 2024, and JPL had originally designed it for just five test flights, and the lessons from its overperformance are shaping NASA’s next generation of Mars aircraft
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was designed to attempt up to five experimental test flights over thirty days. It…
Molecular Qubit Achieves Single-Photon Quantum Control
Insider Brief Scientists demonstrated a single-molecule spin-photon interface using an organic carbene molecule embedded in a specially engineered…
Study finds early complex life lived in oxygenated seas, challenging long‑held views of evolution
image: Researcher Max Lechte. view more Credit: LA Reidman The earliest known eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex…
Antarctic Sea Ice Faces Unprecedented Collapse as Ocean Heat Surfaces
Antarctica’s winter sea ice has plunged to record lows, marking a sudden and alarming shift in the planet’s…