Scientists build four-lane highway for light inside a single photonic chip
For years, physicists have dreamed of optical chips where light can race around corners and dodge defects without…
Contractor who built Colossus and Colossus II says Elon Musk owes him colossal amount of money
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A mechanical contractor who helped build Elon Musk’s Memphis-area data centers at breakneck speed…
Fermiology-driven goniopolar transverse thermoelectricity in kagome metals
Yin, J.-X., Lian, B. & Hasan, M. Z. Topological kagome magnets and superconductors. Nature 612, 647–657 (2022). Article …
Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
One week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an…
In a first, ‘super-Earth’ rocky exoplanet may have an atmosphere
Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a planet orbiting a star 49 light-years from Earth could…
Meteor shower visibility to peak this month: museum
This month offers several celestial highlights for stargazers, including the Perseid meteor shower, which is expected to peak…
Never-before-seen picture of Milky Way galaxy released
Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a photo of Milky Way galaxy he captured during his latest…
Mushroom hunters entered a Nepal forest and found a nest built by the only snake known to make one. Officials have now restricted access while conservationists monitor the site
The discovery has prompted authorities to limit public access to the region while conservationists monitor the nesting site.…
Blowing Bubbles Allows Sperm Whales to Sleep Soundly Beneath the Waves, Reveals Study
Resting sperm whales – Credit: Stéphane Granzotto / SWNS New research shows that blowing bubbles helps sperm whales…
Elon Musk’s fortune slumps to pre-SpaceX IPO levels after rout
SpaceX pulled off a successful launch last Friday evening at its Starbase facility in South Texas, sending its Starship rocket…
How sea slugs get their flashy colors
birds: Warm-blooded dinosaurs with wings that first showed up at least 150 million years ago. Birds are jacketed…
When scientists first uncovered the ancient mummies of western China, their European-looking faces and fair hair suggested they were travelers who had wandered east from Europe — but their DNA told a stranger story: they were a local people who had lived there, isolated, for thousands of years
Her eyelashes are still there. So is the flaxen hair, the tasselled white wool cloak, the felt hat…