Dorling Kindersley: William Reavell/Alamy When it comes to birthday cakes, I am used to creating sweet, icing-loaded creations in the shape of Disney characters. These requests leave me unfazed, but my father, who is a dark chocolate aficionado, asked me...
Heat can reveal whether something has quantum propertiesSkillUp/Shutterstock Everything radiates heat, but when quantum objects do it, they can reveal properties that would otherwise be difficult to detect without being destroyed in the process. This means we can diagnose an...
August 26, 20244 min readAt-Home Syphilis Test Could Increase Access and Combat EpidemicAn easy-to-access rapid test could lower barriers to detecting syphilis, which is surging nationwideBy Saima S. IqbalIllustration, Treponema pallidum bacteria which causes syphilis. Robert Brook/Science Photo Library/Getty ImagesOn...
Two NASA astronauts stranded in space since early June finally have their flight home booked: They will return to Earth on SpaceX’s Dragon capsule in February.The decision represents a vote of confidence in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which not only won...
August 26, 20242 min readUltrasound Brain Stimulation Boosts MindfulnessStudy participants felt time distortion, fewer negative thoughts and greater detachment from feelings with a noninvasive ultrasound interventionBy Lucy Tu Even when you aren’t doing anything, your brain is relentlessly active—daydreaming, ruminating,...
The interior of the monument in Spain known as the Menga dolmenMiguel Ángel Blanco de la Rubia Neolithic people seem to have understood sophisticated concepts in science, such as physics and geology, using this knowledge to construct a megalithic monument...
A radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West VirginiaJ. Seymour/Green Bank Observatory Radio telescopes observing the cosmos face growing challenges because of electromagnetic interference from thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit. Now, experiments involving SpaceX’s Starlink satellites...
The Milky Way may be home to strange black holes from the first moments of the universe, and the best candidates are the three closest black holes to Earth Source link...
A DNA computer can solve simplified chess and sudoku puzzlesKevin Lin A computer made from DNA that can solve basic chess and sudoku puzzles could one day, if scaled up, save vast amounts of energy over traditional computers when it...
A health worker assesses a suspected case of mpox in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the CongoArlette Bashizi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is driving an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
