Remember Cecil the lion, shot 11 years ago by a trophy hunter? This is what happened next – and it’s good news
Do you remember Cecil the lion, the bold, wild and archetypally handsome big cat at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National…
NIST Researchers Supersize Quantum Technology to Help Detect Faint Photons
Insider Brief NIST researchers developed a new superconducting single-photon detector architecture that uses wires more than 100 times…
A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say
Conakry, GuineaAP — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea‘s capital of Conakry early…
Rare sunlight trick transforms Pacific island into a giant silver ‘magnifying glass’ — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Rennell Island, Solomon Islands [-11.589514301, 160.17549068] What’s in the photo? A “sunglint” shining…
In a first, physicists observe quantum heat waves at room temperature
In a global first, physicists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have observed a quantum behavior of…
In 2020, 10-year-old Murphy Widdowson collected a spider on a remote Australian island that experts could not identify; scientists later declared it a new species and named it Artoriopsis murphyi after him
While on the remote island Murphy picked up a small spider that intrigued him, and he decided not…
NASA finds Earth microbes could survive on the Moon
NASA scientists say some microbes carried into space by human explorers may be able to survive in sheltered,…
Researchers map ancient world beneath southern Barrier Reef
Around 7,000 years ago, as global sea levels climbed to their present height at the end of the…
‘Ghosts of Mars’ at 25: Are we any closer to living on the Red Planet? We asked the experts
In August 2001, filmmaker John Carpenter said “Boo!” and unleashed “Ghosts of Mars” on the world. While not…
Debate star and physicist Guo Yanliang leaves a top European quantum lab for China
Guo Yanliang, a champion debater who honed his argumentation skills in international contests and on online variety shows,…
Crimson the mountain lion cub, abandoned by mom, has leg amputated
Abandoned by his mother, mountain lion cub Crimson was rescued earlier this year by wildlife officials and transferred…
The Transmitter’s reading list for 2026
“Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved” by Rogier Mars (Princeton University Press) Rogier Mars examines all…