Author: Igor Mitreski
It’s easy to be misunderstood if your name has the word “murderer” in it.Still, it appears to have been a wild year for killer whales. From…
Matthew Brown's entry “Goleuadau'r Gogledd”. Means “Aurora” in Welsh.Matthew Brown There are few sights as spectacular as the Northern Lights. The Aurora Photographer of the Year…
Carbon emissions from fossil fuels could finally start declining in 2024 Villanor/Shutterstock Emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming have been on the rise since…
In the late 1990s, when I was studying for my PhD, I read an article touting the “next big thing” in the food sector. To be…
The biggest questions in science Experts answer the biggest questions facing humanity. For example, “Could we live on Mars?” Do pills really help you lose weight?…
Its mauve, suction cup-covered arms gently unfold to grab an egg shaped like an elongated ping-pong ball. A jet of water from a siphon next to…
The Northern Hemisphere is currently in the midst of the Ursid meteor shower, which has a relatively short active period of just over a week. Last…
The U.S. military’s X-37B spacecraft departed Thursday on another top-secret mission expected to last at least several years. As with previous missions, the reusable plane, which…
How will our species evolve in space? If humans were suddenly forced to board a fleet of space arks and abandon Earth, evolution by natural selection…
One of my favorite activities while scuba diving or snorkeling on a tropical reef is to gently approach a coral rock and observe the colorful Christmas…
A strange phenomenon called visual masking can reveal the time scale of perception, but its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Colored plots show neural activity…
Before the movie Top Gun, kids dreamed of being astronauts or sports stars. But after the release of the film, everyone wanted to be pilots in…
All pterosaur eurypterids (sea scorpions), giant aquatic arthropods with large claws, were considered apex predators, but some scientists believe that certain species are not predatory because…
new movies from NASA's Fermi mission shows the intensity of gamma rays, the highest energy form of light, with energies of over 200 million electron volts…
The core of a neutron star contains the highest density of matter in the universe. This highly compressed matter can undergo a phase transition in which…
A road sign near a property recently purchased by Flannery Associates near Rio Vista, California. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images For the past six years, a…
allen telescope array Seth Szostak/SETI Institute Short, powerful bursts of radio waves from space are becoming increasingly bizarre. Astronomers discovered 35 of these bursts from a…
Alabama has announced it will use nitrogen gas in an upcoming execution. This would make the state the first to use such a method as officials…
astronomer using Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array ALMA observed disk bending waves in BRI 1335-0417, the oldest known spiral galaxy, more than 12 billion years old. This…
Baleen whales (mysterious animals) are the largest animals on Earth. How they achieved such enormous sizes is still debated, and research to date has focused primarily…
Scientists have identified a new genus and species of true toad from a single specimen found in a high-altitude forest. mount kenya, an extinct volcano in…
Eating Disorders: The Basics debunks the stereotype that eating disorders only affect a certain group of people and emphasizes their universal impact and the need for…
Chip-scale ultrafast mode-locked laser based on nanophotonic lithium niobate.Credit: Alireza MarandiResearchers have developed a compact mode-locked laser integrated into a nanophotonic platform that can generate ultrafast…
by Ramon J. Osorio, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center December 26, 2023Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, successfully completed a 251-second high-temperature…
Illustration of Sierra Space’s first dream chaser, DC#1 (Tenacity). The Dream Chaser spacecraft developed by Sierra Space for NASA is gearing up for a demonstration mission…
Here are some easy ways to impress the people at Genius Bar. A former Apple employee shares an easy-to-do keyboard hack that makes inputting numbers, especially…
A new study has revealed how visual masking, a phenomenon in which rapid succession of images leads to unconscious image processing, occurs in both humans and…
This scientific study used satellite transmitters, population counts, and DNA analysis of tissue samples to describe the special Kangi ringed seal in the Ilulissat Icefjord. Here,…
Apple expressed concerns about potential “irreparable harm” after the White House backed a ban on imports of certain watches due to a dispute over blood oxygen…
NIST researchers studied VOC emissions from living Christmas trees and their interaction with ozone. They found that monoterpenes were the main VOCs emitted, decreasing over time…
Decentralized social network Bluesky roll out New in-app video and music player for links and new ‘hide post’ feature. New additions bring Bluesky user experience closer…
We’ve known about the Vision Pro for more than six months now (not to mention it’s been rumored for years), but Apple’s first “spatial computing” device…
Confocal microscopy images show mesenchymal stem cells (green) captured within nanovials (pink). Nanovial technology was developed by Dino Di Carlo and colleagues at UCLA. Credit: Shreya…
Researchers have developed a new fiber that blends the flexibility of cotton with the electrical conductivity of the polymer polyaniline. This innovative material, detailed in Carbohydrate…
The recent US ban on Apple Watch imports will continue even after the Biden administration takes office. refused to exercise the right of veto Previous rulings…
With constant headlines about floods, bushfires, and record temperatures, it’s surprising how many people think our current generation will be in even worse trouble than when…
A new paper discusses the complex role of AI in society and highlights its potential for both benefit and harm. He explores AI’s contribution to national…
National Amusements, the movie theater chain and parent company of media giants Paramount and CBS, acknowledged that it had experienced a data breach in which hackers…
Probiotics, illustration of live microorganisms that can affect intestinal bacteria ART-ur/Shutterstock A daily cocktail of prebiotics and probiotics can help reduce fatigue, memory, and symptoms in…
sometime in 2024 Six electric vehicle charging companies will face liquidation, possibly as early as February. For years they had little competition except for each other.…