The Milky Way May Have Flipped More Than 90 Degrees During Its Violent Youth
Artistic illustration of how the Milky Way’s disc may have shifted by more than 90 degrees. The faint…
The Aral Sea’s disappearance became one of the world’s greatest environmental disasters, but one corner refused to die |
In 1960, the Aral Sea ranked among the largest lakes on the planet, spreading across the border of…
Jamie Dimon Says He Has Seen the Numbers and SpaceX’s Orbital Data Centers ‘Could Actually Work’ Despite
Dimon Sees Orbital Computing’s Economic Potential Speaking on “The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred Frost,” Dimon called SpaceX…
Whale Sharks: Scientists attach cameras to whale sharks, capturing how the world’s biggest fish hunts like never before
For decades, marine scientists have watched whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the world’s biggest fish, from boats and while…
Ancient Pollen Reveals Prehistoric Climate-Fueled Fires
Analysis of pollen and spores from the end-Triassic mass extinction event (ETME) suggests that intense prehistoric climate change-fuelled…
It cost £2.1bn to divert a river in Brazil’s outback. So where has all the water gone? | Global development
A concrete canal cutting through the Caatinga scrubland feeds a surface reservoir two and a half miles from…
Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone
Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere…
John Bell and the most obscure journal in physics – Physics World
John Bell and the most obscure journal in physics – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Meet the capybara: Why the world’s largest rodent is friends with almost every animal and where to spot it
Capybara standing on green grass (Image Credit: Canva) The capybara has earned a special place in the hearts…
Relationship satisfaction at 50 predicted physical health at 80 better than cholesterol, a decades-long Harvard study found
The finding is easy to state and hard to forget. When researchers on the Harvard Study of Adult…
In cities, summer nights reveal the one thing running air conditioners at full blast can never fix, and it has nothing to do with the unit itself
Step outside at midnight in Phoenix or Houston on a July night and something feels wrong. It is…
NASA debriefs and crew psychologists hear it often enough to treat it as normal readjustment: astronauts back from long missions describe observing their own lives rather than fully taking part in them
Victor Glover, pilot of Artemis II, floated in the Orion capsule during the mission’s flyby of the Moon…