Furry Scientists

During an important rocket test, some students decided to strap some cheese onto one of the craft's landing legs.

Satellites are critical for monitoring Earth's health, identifying issues like methane leaks, and conducting various other types of research.

Eight out of the 15 brains studied had microplastics in their olfactory bulbs.

American space agency NASA announced the end of the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) mission. It was planned to last for six months, it ran for two years

Parallel copies allow recollections to be both stable and adaptable.

An invisible, weak energy field wrapped around our planet Earth has finally been detected and measured.

This vibrant reminder of the human need to create art was no match for one idiot with a smart phone and a dream.

Chugging quietly away in the dark depths of Earth's ocean floors, a spontaneous chemical reaction is unobtrusively creating oxygen, all without the involvement of life.

A major shift in global shipping regulations intended to improve air quality may have temporarily — and inadvertently — set off a geoengineering reaction that is warming the planet, new research has found.

SpaceX's growing Starlink megaconstellation could be hindering the Earth's ozone layer from healing itself, researchers find.

‘An astronaut could make it to Mars but they might need dialysis on the way back,’ scientist warns

Electric leaf blowers are already far quieter than their gas-powered peers, but they still aren’t the kind of thing you’d like to hear first-thing on a Saturday morning. Looking to impr…

New data confirms that variation in our Universe's expansion rate (or the Hubble 'tension') is not an error in measurement.

A bit was flipped or corrupted in the volatile memory of the Flight Data Subsystem used to control the Voyager 1

A team of experimentalists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and theorists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has succeeded for the first time in populating and stabilizing a new type of molecule, so-called field-linked tetratomic molecules. These "supermolecules" are so frag...

The dropout occurred on Thursday (Jan. 18), during Ingenuity's 72nd Red Planet flight.

An early malfunction left the Peregrine lander with no way to reach the moon.

Experimental and computational issues flagged as researchers conclude that a fully automated lab failed to make new materials

As you ripped aside the curtains to bask in the beams of sunlight this morning, a domino effect of chemical reactions made sure your biology stayed in time with the endless loops of day and night.

Mini brains grown in a lab from stem cells spontaneously developed rudimentary eye structures, scientists reported in a fascinating paper in 2021.

Ever since the spooky phenomenon of superconductivity was discovered in 1911, scientists have been searching for superconducting materials that work under practical conditions.

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are based on erroneous science, my new research shows.

Using cannabis may cause changes in the human body's epigenome, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests.

While the use of recycled plastics is normally considered a noble endeavor, a new study says it's time to think twice. In an analysis of the material from more than 10 different countries, hundreds of potentially harmful chemicals were uncovered.

The interaction was captured using a specialized piece of kit called a transmission electron microscope.

A new lab-made substance mimics human tissue and could reduce or replace the use of animal-derived materials in biomedical research.

A team of researchers working with photonic crystals say they have created pseudogravity in the lab that bends light like real gravity.

Scientists say they have simulated backward time travel system with a 25% chance of successfully changing the past.

Dr. Michael Demkowicz predicted self-healing in metal; this summer it was finally observed, shocking scientists around the world. A microscopic crack grew in a very small piece of platinum when placed under repetitive stretching. The experiment, designed to study fatigue crack growth, continued a

Well, the verdict is in.

Scientists using the H.E.S.S. observatory in Namibia have detected the highest energy gamma rays ever from a dead star called a pulsar. The energy of these gamma rays clocked in at 20 tera-electronvolts, or about 10 trillion times the energy of visible light. This observation is hard to reconcile wi...

After India made history with their moon lander, the ground-breaking lunar mission faces a new catastrophe.

Even though the National Science Foundation announced last year that it would not rebuild or replace the iconic Arecibo radio dish in Puerto Rico — which collapsed in 2020 – a glimmer of hope remained among supporters that the remaining astronomy infrastructure would be utilized in some way.   ...

Two intrinsically disordered proteins form a specific structure ID'ed by AlphaFold.

During a recent mission mapping a habitat off the coast of Alaska, a submersible came across a golden egg. Experts can only guess what it is.

A new study by University of Maryland Economist Louis Preonas provides empirical evidence that railroads are likely to cut transportation prices to prop up coal-fired plants if U.S. climate policies further disadvantage coal in favor of less carbon-intensive energy sources.

You pour a chilled glass of your favourite sauvignon blanc and are about to take a sip when a fruit fly lands in it.