Nobel laureate physicist Andre Geim leaves UK after over two decades to join Asia’s 2nd best university
Geim, 67, said he was drawn to Hong Kong’s East-West academic environment and research infrastructure when accepting the…
Ghost Elephants
Ghost Elephants is a new documentary film directed by Werner Herzog for National Geographic. Here’s the trailer. For…
Blasting hedgehogs with ultrasound waves ‘will save them from traffic’
Why didn’t the hedgehog cross the road? Because it was being blasted with ultrasound waves to deter it…
Celebrating NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s 20th Anniversary: Crater Near Sirenum Fossae
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a detailed view of a relatively fresh crater in this image released…
Gravitational waves finally reveal what’s inside neutron stars
Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most…
Newly Discovered Species in South America Stuns Experts with Whale-Like Features
A fascinating new termite species, Cryptotermes mobydicki, has left the scientific community in awe, revealing a level of…
AI finally tests a century old theory about how cancer begins
The human body depends on carefully organized genetic instructions that guide how cells grow and function. Cancer can…
NASA and SpaceX disagree about manual controls for lunar lander
The report notes that during every one of the Apollo program’s crewed lunar landings, astronauts engaged the backup…
‘Easter comet’ could be visible in daytime skies this April — if it survives a fiery dive past the sun
A newly discovered comet could put on a dazzling show in the coming weeks and if it survives…
VLT Discovers Third Gas Cloud near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
The newly-identified gas cloud, dubbed G2t, follows nearly the same orbit as two known clouds, suggesting they were…
Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol
Comet 3I/Atlas is now heading out of the solar system and into interstellar space, but scientists are still…
Scientists discover molecule that stops aggressive breast cancer in its tracks
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a new molecule that may open the door to…