Researchers placed 40 kangaroo carcasses in front of camera traps. This is what happened next
You might be familiar with apex predators, but what about apex scavengers? These large animals play an equally…
‘Footprints’ Photographed on the Surface of Mars by Curiosity Rover
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity Rover, which has been exploring the surface of Mars for the past 14 years, continues…
More than 23,000 solar panels have floated on a reservoir outside London since 2016, generating enough electricity for roughly 1,800 homes while using less than 10% of the water’s surface, and research suggests the shade beneath them could also reduce evaporation
Just outside London, more than 23,000 solar panels float on the Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, quietly producing electricity…
Two identical satellites fly 220 kilometers apart above the Earth, firing a laser between them precisely enough to notice a change in distance smaller than the width of a red blood cell, and that flicker is how scientists now weigh the water moving beneath entire continents
Here’s the conclusion first, because it’s the part that still doesn’t feel like it should be possible: nobody…
One precisely timed flip may make quantum information safe: Study
Under the right conditions, theoretical calculations showed a flip could prevent sudden death — an outcome researchers call…
Spotted wildcat from Bolivian forest revealed as new species
Only one confirmed member of the species is known – a cat living in a rescue sanctuary in…
On this day in space! Sept. 16, 1949: A US launch of a V-2 rocket explodes, killing its monkey passenger Albert III
On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board.…
Why Wave Energy Is The Final Frontier Of Renewable Energy
With the Earth’s atmosphere being effectively just a less dense fluid than the oceans around us, it’s reasonable…
‘I’m so looking forward to seeing nature again’: SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronauts gearing up for trip home to Earth
Leaving the International Space Station will be bittersweet for its outgoing crew, who’ve been living aboard the orbital…
Navigating academia as a dual-career couple
Amy Lytle and Etienne Gagnon. (Photo by Deb Grove, Franklin & Marshall College.) Jessica Bickel and Thijs Heus.…
Only 25 scimitar-horned oryx returned to Chad in 2016 after vanishing from the wild, but the population has now grown to more than 600 | World News
Image(s): Left/Mike Peel /Right/Charles J. Sharp In 2016, just 25 scimitar-horned oryx were flown from Abu Dhabi to…
Tooth analysis confirms T. rex was warm-blooded
Scientists have suspected for nearly 60 years that Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded. When a fossilized footprint of T.…