Quantum tech breakthrough: China’s double-photon device breaks efficiency ceiling
Chinese scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in quantum optics, creating a tiny device that spits out pairs…
Space rock found in 2017 turns out to be incredibly rare
A small iron meteorite found in Finland has become the most phosphorus-rich iron meteorite ever identified. Its extreme…
‘Exposed Cranium’ leaks its gory secrets in new James Webb telescope images: Space photo of the week
QUICK FACTS What it is: Nebula PMR 1, also known as the “Exposed Cranium” Where it is: 5,000…
Are cannibal killer whales to blame for dorsal fins found on beach?
Two severed dorsal fins that washed up on a remote North Pacific shore have led scientists to ask…
Astronomers Produce the Largest Image Ever Taken of the Heart of the Milky Way
The central region of our Milky Way, sometimes referred to as the “Bulge,” remains something of an enigma…
Stargazers were ready with a telescope to have a fun, normal night — They unexpectedly detected a rare galactic “cataclysmic event”
Imagine you detect a truly cataclysmic event, even though you’re not a scientist? That has happened before, and…
Scientists Can Now Predict Where the World’s Deadliest Scorpions Are Most Likely to Strike
The post Scientists Can Now Predict Where the World’s Deadliest Scorpions Are Most Likely to Strike appeared first…
Scientists stunned to find signs of ancient life in a place no one expected
Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, was hiking through the…
Satellites are exposing weak bridges in America and around the world
Scientists are using satellites to reveal which bridges around the world may be at risk of failure —…
Meet ‘Tous’ – an entirely new genus of mammal we identified. Here’s why it’s so exciting
By Erik Meijaard, Kristofer M. Helgen and tim Flannery* of Tous ayamaruensis, a new species of gliding possum…
Socially tolerant monkeys have larger emotion centers in the brain
Scientists have discovered that macaque species with more tolerant social systems possess a larger emotion-processing center in the…
College Student Solves Mystery of ‘Snowmen’ Floating in Space
NEED TO KNOW Graduate student Jackson Barnes appears to have solved how snowman-like objects in space are formed…