How astrophysicist Arthur McDonald’s summer job at a power plant came full circle
Open this photo in gallery: Photo Illustration by The Globe and Mail. Sources: Queen’s University, Getty Images Even…
In 1610, Galileo spotted a small, smooth moon circling Jupiter and wrote it down; four hundred years later, scientists confirmed it likely holds the largest ocean in the solar system, buried under ice and never once touched by sunlight
In January 1610, Galileo Galilei turned a small telescope toward Jupiter and noticed something that should not have…
SpaceX’s Next Big Business Isn’t Rockets. It’s Computer Chips.
Six months ago, SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) was a private rocket company. Today, it is a public one worth…
The Milky Way’s arms might not look as we thought
This video shows what astronomers thought the Milky Way looked like, and what the new data indicates instead.…
A new technology teaching drones to feel pain could stop your self-driving car from harming itself
When you sprain your ankle in the middle of a run, your body sends a pain signal to…
70 years on from the killer smog: what clean air laws teach us about power, pollution and profit
Seventy years ago, London choked. For five days in December 1952, a toxic smog smothered the city. Visibility…
NASA’s Hubble Spots Star-Spangled Cosmic Scene
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released…
LLMs and Math Combine to Map Human Decision-Making
Summary: A new study introduces an automated cognitive mapping framework that pairs the raw computational power of Large…
Southern Water hosepipe ban: New hosepipe ban confirmed as millions of Britons told to stop using water immediately
A new hosepipe ban has been confirmed as millions of Britons have been told to stop using water…
Bending Spacetime Reveals New Planet Hidden in Archived TESS Data
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has captured evidence of a Jupiter-like world orbiting another star, using a…
A New Study into Dark Matter in the Bullet Cluster Could Disprove its Existence
Dark Matter (DM), that mysterious matter that accounts for 85% of the Universe’s mass, continues to fascinate and…
To Decarbonize Quickly, Think Beyond Electrification
The first and best way to lower emissions, cut energy bills, and build resilience is to make it…