New theory of information physics could solve cosmology’s gravity crisis
Gravity is likely the force we are all most familiar with. Yet, scientifically, it remains the most mysterious.…
Narwhals Sport Iconic Straight, Spiraled Tusks. Scientists Just Uncovered Some of the Eye-Catching Feature’s Structural Secrets
The Arctic whales are the only known animals with straight tusks, and ones that consistently twist to the…
Mars may hold enough liquid water to cover the entire planet to a depth of 1 to 2 kilometres — trapped in tiny cracks and pores in rock roughly 11.5 to 20 kilometres underground, far beyond anything we’ve ever been capable of drilling on Mars.
Mars may be hiding a tremendous amount of liquid water, but almost certainly not as a buried sea.…
3x larger crystal could power laser systems for fusion research
A North Carolina-based company has grown and harvested a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule. Laser crystals,…
We tend to think complex planning is a primate specialty, but a 2017 study found ravens outplanned chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos at a trading task.
There is a quiet assumption most of us carry about intelligence: that planning for a future that hasn’t…
Cold War nuclear tests nearly doubled the carbon-14 in the atmosphere, leaving an isotopic timestamp inside cells born during those decades — and researchers later used that accidental fallout to answer a question anatomy had failed to settle: whether the adult human heart can make new cells
Anyone alive in 1963 ate fallout. Not enough to hurt them, but enough to leave a mark, and…
Major blow to residents over huge solar farm plan that could power 200,000 homes
The huge project will cover 170 agricultural fields spanning Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire The One Earth Solar Farm will…
Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find
Microbes from Earth might survive the harsh surface of the moon, albeit in a state of suspended animation,…
UK’s only venomous snake rescued from New Forest fire
A small adder – the UK’s only venomous snake – was among the animals found during a specialist…
China scores jackpot with record 98.2% pure natural hydrogen discovery
Scientists in China have measured record levels of natural hydrogen leaking from the ground in the Sichuan Basin.…
As super El Nino looms, wealthy nations must learn from those already living with water scarcity
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China is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It’s unlike anything NASA has done
How do you explore a place where the Sun never shines? China’s space programme will soon embark on…