Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
Human brain cells may be far more powerful computers than scientists thought
For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human…
New analysis finds signs of life on Mars actually came from Earth
A pair of stubborn molecules, prized because they can survive deep time, just passed an important Mars test…
Physicists discover the upper limit of electrical resistance in metals
Electrical resistance is easy to notice and hard to pin down. Power lines shed energy as heat, and…
Schrödinger’s anthill: Quantum entanglement detected inside a centimeter-sized strange metal
A strange metal can fit in your hand, yet still behave in ways that seem to belong to…
Atomic clocks may be powerful enough to detect the quantum fabric of time
Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to…
Sending short messages back in time may not break the laws of physics
A message from the future sounds like science fiction, until someone starts asking how many bits it could…
Spider and horseshoe crab relatives emerged 20 million years earlier than scientists thought
It looked, at first, like the sort of fossil Rudy Lerosey-Aubril knew well. After a long day of…
The strange connection between falling balls and quantum weirdness
A ball tossed into the air follows a path that classical physics can track with confidence. Shrink that…
Ancient teeth unlock million-year-old secrets of where early humans evolved
Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners…
250-million-year-old fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggs
The little skeleton was curled so tightly it looked as if it had never really entered the world.…
Newly discovered Asgard microbe could explain the origins of complex life on Earth
At first sight, stromatolites may seem unremarkable. The stromatolite formations found in Shark Bay, Western Australia, do resemble…