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June 4, 1996 marked the first flight of the Ariane 5 rocket, which unfortunately ended in disaster. Just forty seconds after takeoff, the rocket veered off…
Planets that are too close to their star (such as Venus) are too hot, and planets that are too far away (such as Mars) are too…
I’m currently sitting in a trendy pub in a small village on the outskirts of Cambridge. It’s a Thursday night in early December, so it’s dark…
Electric cars are significantly more expensive to buy than petrol or diesel, despite the push for greener transport and the promise of a net-zero future by…
Are you wondering how to make the best cup of coffee possible? Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer. Navigating through social media and specialized coffee communities…
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In the relatively short period of space exploration history, the moon has experienced significant changes as a result of human activity. From the historical significance of…
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…
Power outages are likely to occur in many parts of North America in the next few years John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock More than 300 million people in the…
Aloe vera plants could be turned into living supercapacitorsimageBROKER.com/Alamy Aloe vera can be used to make supercapacitors. Supercapacitors are energy storage devices that are similar to…
Approximately 200 molecules changed into a quantum state of matter Columbia University Will Institute Quantum states of matter were first created using “dipole” molecules, molecules with…
Even in the future, history never remains in the past tense. The most anticipated books of 2024 explore the deep roots of the moral and philosophical…
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…
So-called gene drives could also work in DNA viruses like herpes. Photo/Getty Images A virus genetically engineered to spread its DNA to other viruses through CRISPR…
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?…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, where she is responsible for the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (Special Award) in Earth…
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…
Some people see fast-moving objects more clearly, while others see them blurryYuri Arkers/Alamy The ability to perceive rapid changes in a visual scene over time, or…
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…
new york adventure Happy New Year to the ears, nose, throat and those who serve them. Julia Werz and three colleagues from Germany's Ulm University Hospital…
Since the dawn of time, there has been a desire to create a single language that would unite humanity. Allegorized in Bible stories Tower of Babel…
Truth and consequences dominate the books we will read over the next year. We have escaped the food chain, but now we must protect the living…
Objects vibrate more strongly at certain frequencies buzzer/shutterstock Living human cells have a resonant frequency, a rate at which they naturally vibrate under the right conditions.…
The exascale supercomputer JUPITER will be hosted at the Jülich Supercomputing Center in Germany. Julich Movement Center/Sasha Kreklau Europe’s first exascale computer, called JUPITER, should be…
In academia, there are rare and talented individuals who can seamlessly bridge several scientific disciplines. Professor Leon Cooper was one of those people. Instantly recognizable for…
Ever wondered about humans living, breathing, and working in space? Scientists are developing photosynthesis without plants to make life on Mars possible. They have created a…
A phenomenon appeared in the sky in November 2023, captivating this country. A ghostly, ethereal ring surrounded the moon, and people were talking about it. What…
