Scientists Compared Neanderthal Brains with Modern Humans and Found Something Surprising
Homo sapiens vs. Neanderthal skulls. Credit: ZME Science. When the first Neanderthal specimen was discovered in 1856 in…
Germany was largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending 810,000 tonnes overseas, analysis finds | Plastics
Germany was the world’s largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025 and sent more than 810,000 tonnes abroad,…
Discovery renews confirmation that Mars had the “chemistry for life”
Mars has always looked like a harsh, lifeless place. Dust storms sweep across it, and radiation hits the…
Researchers Demonstrate Ultra-low Noise Levels of New Qubit Platform
Insider Brief A new qubit platform developed at Argonne National Laboratory uses electrons trapped on solid neon and…
An Amazon rainforest river from space photo of the day for April 30, 2026
(Image credit: NASA/Jessica Meir) NASA astronaut Jessica Meir snapped a striking photo of a river snaking through the…
The quiet contradiction at the heart of the energy transition
The policies designed to address climate change are, at times, undermining the very environmental and social objectives they…
Discovery renews confirmation that Mars had the “chemistry for life”
Mars has always looked like a harsh, lifeless place. Dust storms sweep across it, and radiation hits the…
Dark matter may have formed from ripples in spacetime
Researchers have found that faint gravitational waves in the early Universe could have produced particles that later became…
Dopant boosts carbon nanotubes’ conductivity tenfold | Research
Doping carbon nanotubes with tetrachloroaluminate ions can increase their electrical conductivity around tenfold without harming the nanotube structures,…
Scientists Make Breakthrough in Turning Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Using Sunlight
Plastics – rich in carbon and hydrogen – can be converted into a clean energy source, using sunlight.…
Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe-inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand
The astronauts on Artemis II’s trip to the Moon in April 2026 didn’t just have an amazing journey…
Hidden ocean heat is creeping toward Antarctica’s fragile ice shelves
A major new study drawing on decades of ocean data has found clear evidence that heat from the…