There is a lot to keep track of when working in spaceNASA via Getty Image Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had slower memory, attention and processing speed after six months, raising concerns about the impact of cognitive impairment...
The DESI instrument observing the sky from the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope during a meteor showerKPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been proven right on the largest scale yet. An analysis of millions of galaxies shows that...
Lasers in a quantum computing set-up at Atom ComputingAtom Computing Useful quantum computers are one step closer. Microsoft and Atom Computing announced that they have set a new record for the most entangled logical qubits, which are crucial for developing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtVryvWuJjU SpaceX is making preparations for the sixth test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket, Starship. Elon Musk’s company has been taking a “fail fast, learn fast” approach to research and development more akin to the world of Silicon...
November 19, 20242 min read‘Bomb Cyclone’ and Atmospheric River Will Pummel U.S. West CoastA major windstorm and an atmospheric river are set to unleash a “firehose” of precipitation from California to British ColumbiaBy Andrea ThompsonA "bomb cyclone" and atmospheric river...
November 19, 20243 min readTrees Alone Can’t Stop Climate ChangeForests absorb planet-warming pollution, but world leaders shouldn’t include them in plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a new study recommendsBy Chelsea Harvey & E&E NewsBeech Tree Forest in early...
Billions, perhaps trillions, of years from now, long after the sun has engulfed Earth, cosmologists expect the universe will end. Some wrestle with whether it is more likely to collapse under its weight in a big crunch or keep on...
Heart cockles come in many colours and host photosynthetic algae inside their shellsDakota McCoy A heart-shaped mollusc has evolved tiny windows that work like fibre-optic cables, the first known example in nature. Heart cockles (Corculum cardissa) are bivalve molluscs a...
The El Capitan supercomputer at the Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryGarry McLeod/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The top spot in the league table of the world’s most powerful computers has changed hands, with one supercomputer built for US national security research ousting...
November 19, 20243 min readCuriosity, Horses and HypochondriaDiscovering weird new shapes, turning oil rigs into reefs and making the ocean absorb more greenhouse gasesBy Laura Helmuth Scientific American, December 2024Did you grow up around horses? If not, your parents or...
