Wake-activated brain circuits reveal what drives the urge to sleep
By mapping the brain during prolonged wakefulness, researchers pinpointed neuronal populations whose activity rises with time awake and…
Narwhals Sport Iconic Straight, Spiraled Tusks. Scientists Just Uncovered Some of the Eye-Catching Feature’s Structural Secrets
The Arctic whales are the only known animals with straight tusks, and ones that consistently twist to the…
Mars may hold enough liquid water to cover the entire planet to a depth of 1 to 2 kilometres — trapped in tiny cracks and pores in rock roughly 11.5 to 20 kilometres underground, far beyond anything we’ve ever been capable of drilling on Mars.
Mars may be hiding a tremendous amount of liquid water, but almost certainly not as a buried sea.…
Want to muck around with a real quantum computer? Now you can
Quantum computers are expected to transform many facets of science and industry over the next decade or so…
We tend to think complex planning is a primate specialty, but a 2017 study found ravens outplanned chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos at a trading task.
There is a quiet assumption most of us carry about intelligence: that planning for a future that hasn’t…
Right now, without moving a muscle, you are aboard a planet orbiting the Sun at 107,000 kilometres per hour, inside a solar system orbiting the galaxy at 720,000 kilometres per hour, while the Milky Way and Andromeda close on each other at roughly 400,000 kilometres per hour — and you cannot feel any of it.
Right now the floor feels stationary. It supports your weight, your coffee stays in its cup and nothing…
Central Queensland bids for defence investment as it hosts major army training operation
A new army vehicle has defence officials very excited. The Boxer Block II Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle has faced…
Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find
Microbes from Earth might survive the harsh surface of the moon, albeit in a state of suspended animation,…
Large Hadron Collider Reveals an Atomic Nucleus Shaped Like a Bowling Pin : ScienceAlert
Every atom of matter in the Universe is built around a nucleus. It’s a tightly packed bundle of…
Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America
image: Reconstruction of Purussarus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus. view more Credit: Miguel Hernandez South America during the Miocene…
Space mystery leads scientists to discovery of ‘black hole stars’
Astronomers identify new type of ‘black hole star’ in universe while hunting space mystery A black hole star…
A UK solar farm began generating electricity in 2013; 12 years later its biodiversity had risen 41 per cent | World News
Representative Image of a solar farm integrated with thriving wildlife habitats, vibrant flora, and diverse fauna (AI-generated image)…