Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds, a testament to sophisticated brains and devoted mothers
As a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as…
Sperm whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep
image: Sperm Whale at rest view more Credit: University of St Andrews New research from the University of St…
Why safe water is still lacking in the Marajó Archipelago, one of the world’s most water-abundant regions
In the Brazilian Amazon, water is not simply a natural resource. For many rural communities, it shapes mobility,…
Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank
Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall Artemis IV liquid hydrogen tank out of…
Quantum Heat Waves Detected at Room Temperature
Key takeaways Researchers have demonstrated that phonons, atomic heat-carrying vibrations with quantum properties, can travel in focused, ray-like…
Chemical recycling plants closing in EU and US | Business
The nascent chemical recycling industry – in which plastics are broken down into oils or constituent monomers to…
Later this decade NASA plans to launch Dragonfly, a car-sized nuclear-powered drone that will fly from site to site across Saturn’s moon Titan
Picture a car-sized machine sitting on an orange, frozen plain. It powers up eight rotors, rises into a…
Tiny tree snails make historic comeback 40 years after vanishing from the wild
A captive-bred Partula tohiveana tree snail (right) and a newly born juvenile (left) move across a green leaf.…
Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission
NASA is shaking things up for its next mission to research the sun. The six satellites of NASA’s…
Scientists tied plastic bottles to fishing nets – and couldn’t believe what happened next…
Two studies tested the theory that attaching glass or plastic bottles to gillnets could prevent dolphins from getting…
The computers guiding Voyager 1 through interstellar space process roughly 8,000 instructions per second; a modern smartphone processes more than 14 billion — yet that 1970s machine has operated for nearly half a century, farther from Earth than any spacecraft in history.
Voyager 1 is controlled by computers whose performance belongs to another technological era. A frequently repeated comparison puts…
Quantum computing at Manchester: from Ferranti to qubits
In February 1951, a machine the size of a room arrived at the University of Manchester. The Ferranti…