The extraction of work from hidden degrees of freedom
Maxwell’s famous Gedankenexperiment illustrates that information about the microscopic fluctuations of an equilibrium system can be converted into…
Some whales take a mysterious detour, but still arrive right on time
Some southern right whales take a longer route toward Antarctica but still reach their feeding grounds on time.…
Senegal-sized Antarctic glacier melting faster than thought: Why it matters | Climate Crisis News
The world’s largest glacier is melting much faster and could add twice as much to global sea levels…
Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation as key election looms
Jair Bolsonaro promoted mining in indigenous lands in the Amazon and forest clearances soared at the same time…
Physicists Simulated What Might Happen When Two Wormholes Collide, And Things Got Weird : ScienceAlert
Like the surface of an ocean, the fabric of the Universe is constantly rippling with an infinitude of…
Norfolk Wildlife Trust: Magic of murmurations
Judging by social media posts, searching for starling murmurations has become an increasingly popular autumn and winter activity,…
‘What the hell did this?’: The orca brothers preying on great white sharks
It is difficult to know whether this hunting strategy is a new behaviour or simply being observed more…
Bucks planning: Battery storage, mast backup power and nine flats
PL/26/07073/EIASR | Request for an EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental…
James Webb reveals a strange bulge in an alien planet’s atmosphere
Astronomers have long depicted distant exoplanets with smooth, circular outlines. But new observations reveal that the atmospheres surrounding…
This “Lightsaber” Beam Is Actually a Working Radio Antenna
Researchers have demonstrated a technique that uses a laser to produce a plasma beam antenna capable of transmitting…
Chester Zoo: myth busting and facts about spiders season
As someone who has an extreme fear of spiders, I dread the arrival of autumn because for me,…
Endangered species in Canada face extensive delays receiving protection
For more than 20 years, Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) has protected wildlife that are at risk…