NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the…
107 years ago, the Eddington total eclipse experiment helped prove Einstein’s theory of relativity
On Wednesday a total solar eclipse will pass over Iceland and other parts of Europe. And while many…
Scientists were exploring the Amazon with Will Smith when they came across something extraordinary
Deep in the Amazon, while filming a National Geographic documentary series alongside actor Will Smith, a team of…
Watching the First Moments in a Star’s Death
Astrophysicists have observed the x-ray breakout shock from a distant supernova for only the second time in the…
Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing | Drought
In 1998, I travelled to London for the release of the Meteorological Office’s first forecasts of the impact…
How to See the August 12 Solar Eclipse in NYC
New Yorkers who still have their eclipse glasses rattling around in a junk drawer after 2024 may finally…
Physicists Made 10,000 Particles Defy Newton’s Third Law for an Hour. Here’s How
Some laws of physics are so fundamental that they’ve served as the baseline for science for centuries. But…
New AI chip mimics the human brain’s capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations
Scientists have developed a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) chip that mimics the human brain’s aptitude for…
Despite the drought, don’t give up on our native plants | Plants
Richard Eltringham (Letters, 5 August) argues that climate change necessitates switching to a planting palette of drought-tolerant non-native…
Percy Sees An ‘Eclipse’ of Earth, From Mars
*The Perseverance rover catches the Martian moon Phobos covering up the Earth. * Sure. It may not look…
Can Quantum Save Democracy? Quantum Voting Experiments Put Ballot Secrecy and Election Security to the Test
Insider Brief Three recent experiments show how quantum technology could protect ballot secrecy and help verify election integrity,…
New study identifies key pathway for delivering antisense cancer drugs
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have been proposed as a therapeutic approach to shut down the production of faulty proteins…