Could Alien Worlds Thrive Around Dead Stars?
White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like…
Blood Vessels Found in T. rex Bones Rewrite What We Know About Dinosaurs
Dinosaur DNA remains out of reach, so scientists hunt rarer clues: soft tissues entombed in bone. Using synchrotron…
41,000 Years Ago, Something Weird in Space Changed How Humans Lived on Earth
Wandering magnetic fields would have had noticeable effects for humans. Credit: Maximilian Schanner (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences,…
New Measurements Show We May Live in a Giant “Cosmic Void”
New research suggests we may live in a vast cosmic void, a region with far fewer galaxies and…
Two Spacecraft Align Perfectly To Recreate a Solar Eclipse in Space
The two spacecraft of Proba-3 fly in precise formation about 150 m (500 feet) apart to form an…
From Enshittification to a Humane Internet
TLDR: Davidson College’s Aarushi Bhandari argues enshittification – platforms degrading as algorithms mine data for profit – fuels…
China can’t buy its way to a baby boom
China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan ($417.76)…
Gateways and barriers to Starlink in the Pacific
In the past few years, Starlink’s satellite internet service has become available across much of the Pacific. This…
Why it’s hard to know the damage the US did to Iran’s nuclear program
Editor’s note: This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article…
What to Watch This Week
Part of the appeal of the 2023 horror flick, M3gan, was that its titular antagonist managed to be…