Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
Our first satellites were little more than repeater stations that propagated our radio and tv signals around the…
A “ghost” great white shark just reignited a Mediterranean mystery
On April 20, 2023, local fishermen accidentally caught a juvenile great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) off the coast…
Newly Discovered Comet Could Appear During the Day—If It’s Not Destroyed First
A recently discovered comet is plunging toward a fateful encounter with the Sun, which will determine whether it…
The trade-off between microbial functionality and evolutionary flexibility under urbanization
Oke, C. et al. Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis. npj Urban Sustain. 1, 11 (2021).…
Experts Mapped Out World War III in Space Day by Day, and What They Found Should Worry All of Us
Space is no longer just a scientific frontier or a playground for billionaires with rockets. It has quietly…
Simulation of a Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator with photonic quantum walks
Qi, X.-L. & Zhang, S.-C. Topological insulators and superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057–1110 (2011). Article ADS Google…
Huge carnivores are roaming the streets of this Ethiopian city. What they’re doing could be saving people $100,000 USD per year
Climate change has an unlikely new ally. In Ethiopia, urban scavengers, such as hyenas and hooded vultures, are…
Shades of a lunar eclipse – FlowingData
There was a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. From Michala Garrison mapping for NASA Earth Observatory,…
500,000 Abandoned U.S. Coal Mines to Become Giant Underground Water Batteries With a New Storage Method
Beneath parts of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of mine shafts still descend deep into the earth. Some of…
Meet Chrysalis, the 36-Mile Interstellar Ship Designed to Carry 1,000 Humans Beyond Earth… Forever
For decades, most spacecraft carrying humans have been little more than compact capsules or orbital laboratories. Crews rarely…
How the twist of a molecule affects electron spin
Since the discovery was first reported in 1999, researchers have uncovered many aspects of the chiral-induced spin selectivity…
Chinese scientists uncover first evidence of magma recharge on the moon 3 billion years ago
Backscattered electron images and X-ray elemental mapping images of lunar meteorites NWA 14526 and NWA 14992. Photo: Screenshot…