Scientists Uncover Lost ‘Golden Age’ of Languages That Ended 1,000 Years Ago
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that spoke in tongues, sought forbidden love,…
New titanium tailings recycling plant to slash CO2 emissions by 40%
China has begun building a 300,000-ton demonstration plant that will use a newly validated titanium tailings recovery technology…
Statue of Liberty Nebula Wins NASA’s Picture of Day
NASA just put a photo of the Statue of Liberty Nebula in front of a global audience, and…
In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and astronauts come home temporarily taller than when they left, before gravity compresses the column again within days of landing
Astronauts come home from long stays in orbit measurably taller than when they launched. The usual figure is…
DCC rolling out initiative to use excess renewable energy to provide free hot water in parts of Donegal – Highland Radio
Donegal County Council has officially launched an innovative project that will use surplus renewable electricity to provide free…
Why Neptune has the fastest winds in he solar system despite receiving 900 times less sunlight than Earth |
At first glance, Neptune seems like the last place where violent weather should thrive. The ice giant circles…
Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish
The idea that cancer could behave like a contagious disease may seem absurd; in humans, cancer cannot be…
James Webb Telescope Discovers Hidden Giant Planet in Famous Star System
This artist’s concept shows the Beta Pictoris system with the discovered giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris d at the…
It will slowly consume their host from the inside-out, leaving only the essential organs, to keep the surrogate womb ticking over…
The caterpillar, once very hungry, now looks under the weather, no longer a plump, cabbage-consuming obsessive. Its skin…
Oldest Mars meteorite reveals Mars lost its water early
View larger. | Closeup of the Teghaza 001 Mars meteorite. A new analysis of this ancient piece of…
Mathematician Offers New Solution to a Fundamental Cosmic Paradox
A thermodynamic analysis of spacetime also points to an unexpected role for emergent dark energy and hints that…
ESA Awards ispace €65M Contract to Build and Deliver MAGPIE Rover to the Moon
Credit: ispace ESA has awarded a contract to Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe to complete the development of the MAGPIE lunar…