An Early History Of Space Stations: Where’s My Wheel?
Last time we found out the idea of space stations is surprisingly old. By the 1950s, everyone knew…
Most humpback whale populations have rebounded from near-extinction over the past sixty years, but the Arabian Sea population — isolated for an estimated 70,000 years and the only humpbacks that never migrate — has not recovered at all and remains endangered
Most humpback whales have made a comeback. In 2016, after decades of counting, NOAA Fisheries decided that 9…
‘Ghosts of Mars’ at 25: Are we any closer to living on the Red Planet? We asked the experts
In August 2001, filmmaker John Carpenter said “Boo!” and unleashed “Ghosts of Mars” on the world. While not…
Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Best Evidence for Dark Matter Yet
Dark matter, the elusive, invisible stuff that astronomers say constitutes roughly 85% of the universe’s mass, doesn’t interact…
Tourists smash SUV window to free black bear trapped inside their vehicle in Gatlinburg
A group of tourists in Tennessee went to some pretty extreme lengths last week to rescue a black…
Here’s How Scientists Turned Plastic Bottles Into Nutritious Cookies
Topline Researchers at Southern Illinois University have engineered microbes that can break down discarded plastic bottles and crop…
French Sunday and the Italian month off | France
As I write this, I’m enjoying my French Sunday (Polly Hudson, 23 August) with a croissant from the…
Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun | MIT News
Magnetic fields are generated by matter that is electrically charged and moving around. In the very early solar…
NIST Researchers Supersize Quantum Technology to Help Detect Faint Photons
In this illustration, photons hit a strip of superconducting wire, disrupting the electric current and registering an electric…
Humpback whales are interrupting orca hunts to rescue completely different species, swimming underneath a doomed seal and lifting it out of the water on their chest, or forming a wall between the killers and a grey whale calf, and scientists still can’t fully explain why they bother to save animals they have nothing to gain from
It’s not a story anyone would have believed if it weren’t so thoroughly documented. A pod of killer…
London is famous for its great trees. More than 70% are at risk due to climate change, research finds
In the middle of a heat wave and severe drought in Britain this summer, Divya Hariramani was pruning…
NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth
At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient…