A clever quantum trick brings practical quantum computers closer
Quantum computers have the potential to transform fields ranging from materials science to cryptography, but today they remain…
These 773,000-year-old fossils may reveal our shared human ancestor
Perfectly timed fossils from Morocco reveal a forgotten African population living near the very root of the human…
Should We Have Sex In Orbit?
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that had off-Earth offspring, took stock of…
Researchers create ‘impossible’ material that defies physics theory
Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have defied long-standing material theories by developing a brand-new class of…
They Thought This Owl Was ‘Dead’ In A Soccer Net — Then They Saw A Flutter
The other day, a homeowner near West End, North Carolina, awoke to an utterly frightening scene in their…
Biofilms protect astronaut health during long space missions
Biofilms have emerged as a critical life-support system for long-duration spaceflight, shaping human and plant health rather than…
Andromeda Is Heading Straight for the Milky Way, and Scientists Finally Know Why
For years, astronomers have observed the strange motion of Andromeda, the Milky Way’s closest large galactic neighbor. While…
“We may get close someday.” Genetic engineers are working to bring the dodo back from extinction – and it may save existing wildlife on Mauritius
The dodo, a large flightless bird endemic to the small Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, has been extinct…
NASA is sending Crew-12 astronauts to the ISS on February 11
The Crew-12 astronauts will soon make their way to the ISS, joining the three remaining spacefarers on board…
Nature Trail: The Northern Lights a super light show caused by collision of solar winds and the Earth’s atmosphere
The Northern Lights are glowing layers of pink, green, and purple colours. Recently, the Northern Lights put on…
Ask Ethan: How long can the longest-lived star shine?
If there’s one thing we can be certain of when we look out at the glittering canopy of…
NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC) Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly…