Earth’s tides are shaped by more than the Moon. And they’re changing as the planet warms
In some parts of the world, the sea barely rises and falls with the tides. In others, the…
Google is sending an AI satellite into space next week
The satellite, equipped with Google’s Tensor Processing Units, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October…
Chattanooga Schools Begin K–12 Quantum Technology Curriculum
Insider Brief TN QuantumWorks has begun a K–12 pilot in 13 Hamilton County, Tennessee schools to introduce quantum…
Humpback whales sing some of the ocean’s loudest songs – so why do they sometimes ‘whisper’?
Male humpback whales are well-known for their loud, haunting song, but in 2017 researchers discovered that mothers and…
It looks like a pet husky – but this wild predator is built to survive the coldest conditions on Earth and dives headfirst into the snow to hunt
When we think of Arctic animals, the first animal that springs to mind is usually the polar bear.…
A prairie enthusiast in search of a farming land ethic
Forty iron rectangles, each one blunt as a piano key, rotate into a blurring fury that hides the…
X-ray spacecraft watches extreme dead star feeding on the wind of a hypergiant (video)
Using the X-ray spacecraft XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission), astronomers have observed stellar winds from a hypergiant…
Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
Two newly identified snail species have expanded the known diversity of European land snails. The species, Cochlostoma komarnica…
Isaacman Promises ‘Artemis Acceleration’ Update Next Month
HOUSTON, TX—NASA will give an update early next month on the timing of its upcoming missions to return…
In 2023, Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund pledged $100 million for Pacific conservation; three years later, a new $25 million round is backing five nations to protect and manage 625,000 square miles of ocean |
The Bezos Earth Fund began in 2020 and is guided by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos The…
Strange Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped by Weird Stars
Galaxies and their stars in the early Universe look a lot weirder than those we see today, and…
From CV Raman’s lab to discovering the Krishnan Effect: Meet the IISc titan
If one had walked along the roads of Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru in the latter part of the 20th…