Bears were imported to medieval England for a brutal form of entertainment
Records, bear bones, and artwork show bear-baiting became more widespread in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066.…
Study: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Cold, Nitrogen-Rich Environment
Astronomers have found new evidence that 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected entering the Solar…
Chris Wright on Energy Abundance
For the better part of a decade, when Americans thought about energy, they thought about climate change: how…
Cygnus the swan lifts up the International Space Station photo of the day for Sept. 14, 2026
The engines fire on Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to lift up the International Space Station’s orbit.…
Penn Researchers Demonstrate Room-Temperature Diamond System That Entangles Four Qubits 10 Times Faster
Insider Brief Researchers entangled four qubits in a room-temperature diamond system about 10 times faster than with a…
Jackie Chan backed a project trying to bring the South China tiger back from the brink; the species hasn’t been confirmed in the wild for decades |
Jackie Chan supported Save China’s Tigers, a conservation project attempting to restore the South China tiger after the…
Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study
Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light. They rain down from a…
‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon | Bolivia
In the village plazas of Pando, a remote northern Amazonian region of Bolivia, the main talk is no…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on Aug. 30, 2026, beginning a journey that will take it…
Electrification mechanisms in sliding liquid and frozen drops
Water drops sliding over insulating and hydrophobic surfaces can accumulate electric charge. Consequently, the solid surfaces underneath a…
Pensthorpe nature reserve in Norfolk mourns loss of crane
Tori, a red-crowned crane who spent 19 years at Pensthorpe Natural Park, died after a long-term illness that…
ColliMate demonstrates autonomous satcom orchestration software in orbit
TAMPA, Fla. — ColliMate Space has demonstrated its Nexus software for autonomously managing satellite downlinks onboard a spacecraft…