European Heatwave Sparks US Questions About Lack of Air Conditioning
Europe is really, really hot right now. Across much of the continent, temperatures have surged to levels once…
The Galaxy That Cleared the Fog
How did the universe learn to let light through? For its first billion years or so, the universe…
Black bear wanders through Colorado store until an employee claps it back outside
A black bear in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, delivered the kind of surprise no shop employee expects by wandering…
Urgent need to address environmental crises through nature research
Recurring environmental crisises have become a very serious issue today, driven by two major reasons. Firstly, we have not paid adequate and…
We tend to imagine the Moon as a barren, resourceless rock, but the permanently shadowed craters near its south pole hold something future astronauts may prize more than gold: water ice, confirmed by NASA missions, that could one day be split into oxygen to breathe and hydrogen for rocket fuel.
The Moon is easy to misread from Earth. It looks dry, grey, and inert, a world of dust…
Chemistry in Pictures: Quantum carbenes
These prismatic crystals are more than just pretty light-catchers. The researchers who made them believe they could be…
Scientists studied the laughter of apes – and discovered something incredibly human-like
Although the connection might seem unexpected, looking deeper into the intricacies of laughter offers a rare glimpse at…
Proposal for environmental impact assessment programme for Wisting submitted for public consultation
The project is still at an early stage, and further progress will depend on additional improvements to achieve…
NASA just rolled a 3,100-ton machine 4 miles to the launch pad at less than 1 mph, the heaviest self-powered vehicle on Earth, carrying a Moon rocket that weighs less than the machine hauling it
KeysQuestions4Explore4 The heaviest self-powered vehicle on Earth carried America’s first crewed Moon mission in 50 years to the…
Angular momentum of rotating fermionic superfluids by Sagnac phonon interferometry
Leggett, A. J. Quantum Liquids: Bose Condensation and Cooper Pairing in Condensed-matter Systems (Oxford Graduate Texts) 1st edn…
Gracie the giraffe: Why are exotic animals in Texas?
In mid-June, a giraffe named Gracie escaped from a ranch in Texas located about 100 miles west of…
Is It Safe to Leave Bottled Water in the Sun?
As the days heat up, the bottled water comes out. It’s in cars, trunks, sheds, at soccer practice…