US funding for research into recycling used nuclear fuel
The US Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has awarded more than USD19 million to five US…
SpaceX prioritizing lunar 'self-growing city' over Mars project, Musk says – news.cgtn.com
SpaceX prioritizing lunar ‘self-growing city’ over Mars project, Musk says news.cgtn.comMusk clips his Mars settlement ambition, aims for the…
Why Haven’t Quantum Computers Factored 21 Yet?
If you are to believe the glossy marketing campaigns about ‘quantum computing’, then we are on the cusp…
Dinosaur-like bird clatters bill ‘like machine gun’ in rare encounter
Since last November, when a dinosaur-like shoebill landed on a tour boat in Uganda and appeared to dwarf…
Mars Organics Can’t Be Fully Explained by Geological Processes Alone, NASA Study Says
Known non-biological sources, from meteorites to surface chemistry, fall short of accounting for organic compounds detected by NASA’s…
Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses
Commenting on the report, Leigh Morris, International Director of the consortium of UK wildlife charities, The Wildlife Trusts,…
New ‘sungrazing’ comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn’t destroy it
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new “sungrazing” comet that will have a perilously close encounter with our home…
Are there Hidden Dimensions to the Universe? Part 3: The Graviton Tower
This is Part 3 of a series on large extra dimensions. Read Parts 1 and 2. To test…
The World’s Deadliest Cat Is a 2-pound Furball That Lives in Abandoned Holes Dug by Strange, Kangaroo-like Rodents in Africa
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) in southern Namibia. Image courtesy of Alex Sliwa. Under cover of night, a black-footed…
Massive Survey of Runaway Stars Reveals a Surprise About Their Origin : ScienceAlert
In the early 1960s, Dutch astronomer Adriaan Blaauw observed stars moving at unusually high speeds moving through the…
Water shortages in Tunbridge Wells cost South East Water £30m
The chief executive of South East Water has admitted that an incident that left tens of thousands of…
How long will the ISS operate with a skeleton crew? SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronaut mission delayed to Feb. 12
NASA and SpaceX are ready to send a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as soon…