Scientists Directly Observe the Hidden Geometry of Electrons
A well-known topological material has revealed an unexpected, controllable feature of its electronic structure. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists have…
Canada’s Atlantic waters are attracting more great white sharks
Alanna Canaran, a dive instructor and ocean science educator based in Novia Scotia’s capital, Halifax, first moved to…
A tiny semiconductor device lifts quantum photon interference visibility to 90%
An optical cavity raised the first cascade photon’s measured interference visibility to 90%, compared with a typical value…
The modern zoo’s time is up
Open this photo in gallery: An elephant at the Toronto Zoo stands in his pen in October, 2013.Michelle…
Astronomers spot gas falling onto a neutron star for the first time, revealing how matter flows towards the star |
Astronomers have, for the first time, watched gas fall onto a neutron star. A team led by Roi…
This Sea Creature Looks Like Poop. It May Also Live For 120 Years. : ScienceAlert
Somewhere in the world, surely, a Monkey’s Paw is cackling maniacally to itself. Scattered across the Pacific and…
66 million years ago, the dinosaurs died – but ants thrived. Scientists just figured out why
Ants are the most species-rich family among social insects, with more than 15,000 species worldwide. They originated around…
ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) made a close pass by Earth on September 28,…
From Capture to Create: The Evolution of Competitive Wildlife Photography
Photographs by Johan J. Botha Wildlife photography, including bird photography, has gone through several phases for some photographers…
Chang’e-6 lunar soil contains a surprising magnetic time capsule
The Moon no longer generates a global magnetic field, but traces of its ancient magnetism remain locked inside…
ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) made a close pass by Earth on September 28,…
In the 1970s, an Italian priest sold 12,000 piranhas to Europe; 55 years later, his proceeds have funded 350m bridges and an 800m airstrip on a remote Brazilian island
An Italian Jesuit priest once turned one of the Amazon’s most feared fish into an unlikely source of…