Why were prehistoric insects so big?
Fossil evidence exists of giant prehistoric insects. Dragonfly-like creatures Meganeura monyi and Meganeuropsis permiana flew on wings 75cm…
New study shows how renewable project locations can reduce blackout risks
MIT researchers have developed a new framework that could help energy planners decide where to build renewable energy…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that…
The mysterious hum heard around the world may finally have an explanation
Do you sometimes notice a deep buzzing or humming noise that seems to have no identifiable source? If…
It’s 4,500 years old, 180km across and cloned itself from a single seedling – meet the largest, most humongous plant on the planet
In the shallow waters of Western Australia’s Shark Bay lies a beautiful seagrass meadow. Often known as Poseidon’s ribbon weed (Posidonia…
NASA Solves Mystery Of Near-Earth Object, Finds It Was A Hidden Comet
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of…
Scientists observe ‘negative time’ for the first time in a quantum experiment
A photon enters a cloud of atoms and emerges on the other side. When physicists calculate how long…
Stormy weather still most likely cause of eagle ray mass death
By Patrick Manning, Massey University journalism student Stormy weather is still the most likely cause of death for…
The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold : ScienceAlert
Materials in a quantum state come with exotic properties that bend the laws of physics and offer huge…
The moon is drifting away from Earth by about 3.8 centimetres a year — measured to the millimetre by bouncing laser light off mirrors the Apollo astronauts left sitting in the lunar dust more than half a century ago
On the night of August 1, 1969, a green pulse of light left a telescope at the Lick…
Geologists have taught for decades that rivers needed plants to form their distinctive S-shaped meanders, but Stanford University researchers published a study in August 2025 showing that rivers were carving those curves long before vegetation existed on land
For most of Earth’s history, no trees, grasses or roots held riverbanks together. The familiar geological picture has…
SpaceX Is in Talks on a Multibillion Dollar Defense Contract. Here Is What It Means for Investors
In a move that could help validate SpaceX’s (NASDAQ:SPCX) enormous investment in artificial intelligence (AI), the company is…