September 18, 20244 min readHas Stomping on Spotted Lanternflies Slowed Their Invasion?Invasive spotted lanternflies are spreading across the metro areas of New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., despite professional and amateur attempts to reduce their numbersBy Meghan BartelsA squashed...
Venus may have regular quakes linked to the activity of volcanoes like the giant Maat Mons, which towers nearly 5 kilometres above the surrounding plainsNASA/JPL There could be thousands of quakes on Venus each year, and we might be able...
A quantum computing chipIBM Energy cannot be created from nothing, but physicists found a way to do the next best thing: extract energy from seemingly empty space, teleport it elsewhere and store it for later use. The researchers successfully tested...
Private jet use increases an individual’s carbon footprintMichael Edwards/Getty Images People consistently underestimate the personal carbon footprints of the top 1 per cent of the world’s wealthiest individuals while overestimating the carbon emissions of low-income people. This could negatively impact...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVFnhySwqc Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbles of air. This has been suspected since the behaviour was first observed, and now experiments have confirmed it. While doing fieldwork in Costa Rica in...
September 17, 20242 min readWhy Have Record-Breaking Rains Drenched the Carolinas and Europe?On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Central Europe and North Carolina have both been drenched by torrential rainsBy Meghan BartelsA man walks on a flooded road after...
A tailed tailless bat drinking nectar from a flowerNathan Muchhala Some flowers may have evolved long stems to make it easier for echolocating bats to find them. Like insects and hummingbirds, bats that feed on nectar are important pollinators for...
“There are barely any areas of the brain that go untouched by pregnancy”Jecapix/Getty Images When I was expecting my first child, I knew what to expect. An expanding belly, a bout of morning sickness, perhaps a little sciatica. I’d been...
If the multiverse exists, our world could fit right inMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Could we live in a quantum multiverse without ever noticing its oddness? A simulation suggests that the answer may be “yes” surprisingly often. “We live in...
September 17, 20245 min readThe Next President Should End the ‘Senate’ Launch System RocketRather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space technologies and plan a realistic lunar landing programBy Daniel Vergano Sezeryadigar/Getty...
