On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record
On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any…
Darwinian evolution: How Tigers are reshaping their Test identity
“The Bangladesh of 23 years ago and this Bangladesh are not the same.” When Najmul Hossain Shanto made…
Trainer Says Forget Buzzwords Zone 2, VO2 Max: Focus on Simple Metric
What do the terms Zone 2 and VO2 max have in common? According to the celebrity personal trainer…
24 billion tonnes of groundwater are being lost every year across Asia’s high mountains; why the water crisis is far bigger than melting glaciers
Groundwater reserves beneath High Mountain Asia (HMA) often called the ‘Asian water tower’ are depleting at an alarming…
Partial lunar eclipse live: Latest news, viewing tips and live updates from Aug. 27-28 eclipse
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A New Quantum Blueprint Could Make States Easier To Tell Apart
Researchers developed a mathematical framework for designing non-Gaussian quantum states that can be made perfectly distinguishable. Credit: Shutterstock…
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, Spain’s “wolf boy of Sierra Morena,” dies aged 80
He became known as “the wolf boy of Sierra Morena.” For most of his childhood, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja…
NASA’s nuclear Dragonfly copter to search for signs of life on Titan: ‘A lot’s riding on it’
LAUREL, Md. — Ralph Lorenz dreamed up the idea of flying a helicopter through Titan’s thick methane-laden atmosphere back in…
Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it – The Irish Times
Water shortages across much of the country this summer have highlighted one of the big failures of our…
Thousands of tourists now crowd beaches around China’s Wenchang spaceport to watch rockets launch, turning a once-secretive space programme into a booming mix of tourism, art and entertainment
CZ-7 launch from Wenchang (Wiki) Something that used to be treated as a secret is no more a…
Lionel Martellini (EDHEC Quantum Institute): Why business leaders need quantum awareness, not quantum washing
Yuval Boger interviews Lionel Martellini, finance professor at the EDHEC and founding director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute.…
A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash; here’s why scientists chose the rock star’s name
A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (Image…