Earth Is Getting Darker, Literally, and Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why
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China Just Created the World’s Most Powerful Magnet and It Could Be Useful In Fusion
Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700,000 times Earth’s. Credit: ASIPP In Hefei, China, physicists switched…
Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas | Environment
Nestled between the US state of Washington and Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands are a vibrant haven…
Forensic Test Recovers Fingerprints on Fired Bullet Casings
A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed…
Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution | Air pollution
In Santiago, this winter was different. The mountains surrounding the city – the same ones that usually trap…
Our solar system’s asteroid belt is slowly disappearing
The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that…
What Made Horses Rideable
Explore When humans began to charge across plains and mountains on the sleek backs of horses, it changed…
Newly discovered comet ‘Lemmon’ may be visible to the naked eye this month — but it will look more like a lime
A newly discovered comet, dubbed “Lemmon,” is gearing up for a close flyby of Earth later this month…
Rushing through life: The secret to being kind under pressure
A morning rush can create a day-long tone. You skip breakfast and dash out the door. Someone holds…
Lunar alarm begins at NASA — A high-speed threat could slam into it by 2032
For most of us, the Moon seems like the most stable presence in the night sky. After all,…
Kidney Organoid Unlocks Genetic Cause Of Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental…
At 541 Million Years Old, These Might Be The First Animals On Planet Earth
Animal life is a recent addition to Earth, relatively speaking. The planet formed about 4.5 billion years ago,…