The Sky Today on Saturday, January 10: Jupiter reaches opposition
Back to Article List The solar system’s largest planet is now at its best and brightest, opening the…
China removes billions of tons of sand from the desert and creates a forest with straw, salt melted at 540°C, and solar panels that irrigate 200 trees in the middle of one of the most inhospitable places on Earth
China has been promoting, for decades, a broad environmental intervention in areas of the Taklamakan Desertin the Xinjiang…
Colossal Chinese Hypergravity Machine Can Compress Time And Space Itself
After holding onto the record for possessing the world’s most powerful centrifuge…
Chimps Reveal Why Teenagers Are Notorious For Risky Behaviors : ScienceAlert
Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the US more likely than younger children to die…
The Pigment in Red Hair Has a Secret Superpower We Never Knew About : ScienceAlert
A pigment in red hair may have a secret superpower: It can turn a toxic threat into a…
Hull aquarists volunteer to help save endangered sea turtles
Two aquarists who work in Hull have travelled to America to help rescue critically endangered sea turtles along…
U.S.-China Space Competition Is Anchored to Geography on Earth
Editor’s Note: The U.S.-China competition encompasses many domains, including space. George Washington University’s Aaron Bateman, drawing on a…
This new imaging technology breaks the rules of optics
Imaging tools have dramatically reshaped how scientists study the world, from charting faraway galaxies with radio telescope networks…
This whopping, record-breaking wasp’s nest was 7 metres long – that’s bigger than a Cadillac – and found inside a house
Next time you’re thinking about buying a car, picture this. In 1963, a wasp nest was discovered on…
Amateur sleuth earns £2m reward for exposing research fraud
An amateur scientific sleuth has earned a £2 million reward after exposing the use of falsified data by…