After a close look with a powerful radio telescope, astronomers are still puzzled by a pair of objects with strange characteristics first spotted in 2021 After a close look with a powerful radio telescope, astronomers are still puzzled by a pair of objects with strange characteristics first spotted in 2021 New Scientist – News
U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration in an inauguration speech that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts on Tuesday by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland. Ernest Rutherford is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the nucleus while working at a…
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Taiwan, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage. Taiwan authorities said the quake struck early Tuesday southeast of Chiayi and was a shallow 6 miles below the surface. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the earthquake at a less powerful magnitude 6. There were scattered reports of…
Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction of the universe – and potentially do away with the idea of space-time as the underlying fabric of the universe Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction…
To the extent that X ever was the “public square” of the internet, it is clearly no longer such a place. The platform — known as Twitter until it was rechristened in 2023 by Elon Musk — has become an echo chamber for extremist conspiracy theories and hate speech — or, depending on what you’re looking…
Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. Monkeys and Apes, Language and Languages, Animal Cognition, Animal Cognition (Journal), Uganda, your-feed-science, your-feed-animals NYT > Science
Adding rows of upright panels on farmland generates green power in the morning and evening while acting as a windbreak for crops Adding rows of upright panels on farmland generates green power in the morning and evening while acting as a windbreak for crops New Scientist – News
Observations of WASP-127b, a giant gas exoplanet more than 500 light years from Earth, suggest it has phenomenally high wind speeds Observations of WASP-127b, a giant gas exoplanet more than 500 light years from Earth, suggest it has phenomenally high wind speeds New Scientist – News
The megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5 million years ago was so huge and fast that it shaped the landscape of what is now Sicily The megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5 million years ago was so huge and fast that it shaped the landscape of what is now Sicily New Scientist – News
The new isopod species has been named Bathynomus vaderi after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the marine animal’s head. The post New Species of Giant Isopod Discovered in South China Sea appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. The new isopod species has been…