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This Is Why Birds Are So Affected by Oil Spills
We've been using our planet's rivers, lakes and oceans to ship crude oil from place to place since the beginning of oil. And while that is an effective way to move thousands of gallons of petroleum around the world. There is of course the risk of oil...
Den W. · 20 October 2020 · 56
Breaking Boundaries: Scientists Unveil Room Temperature Superconductor Discovery
A team from South Korea claims to have found a material that is superconducting even at room temperature and normal ambient pressure. That would be a sensation. A group of South Korean scientists say they have discovered a superconducting material t...
Kelly · 26 July 2023 · 66
Dark Matter Stabilizes a 60-Star Dwarf Galaxy?
A tiny collection of a few dozen stars may have been orbiting the Milky Way for billions of years. This would probably only be possible thanks to dark matter. An international research group has discovered an extremely faint small dwarf galaxy consis...
Kelly · 3 weeks ago · 20
Bad news for room-temperature superconductors
Two teams of researchers in India and China have been unable to reproduce measurements on a new material that is said to be superconducting at room temperature. Ever since a group of South Korean scientists claimed to have discovered a room-temperat...
Kelly · 02 August 2023 · 73
What Would a Quantum Internet Look Like?
Quantum computers that take advantage of quantum phenomena to tackle massive problems are hailed as the future of computing. But what about a quantum internet? What would that look like? And would it even be worth it? A quantum internet is actually...
Alex · 21 September 2020 · 102
Scientists Can Now Prove That Climate Change Is Causing Natural Disasters
Longer fire seasons. Stronger hurricanes. More intense heatwaves and floods. Across the world, climate events are getting more extreme. And while there’s little doubt that global warming is to blame, proving that fault for specific weather even...
Alex · 25 November 2020 · 72
NASA’s Solar Probe Did the Impossible, Here’s How
Thanks to the Parker Solar Probe we’re up close and personal with our host star. And just one step closer to understanding space weather and so much more about how the Sun impacts life right here on Earth. So the thought of traditionally &ldqu...
Kelly · 2 years ago · 78
In Space, Every Poop Is a Floater: Why the New ISS Toilet Costs $23 Million
We have a habit of deifying astronauts, but the truth is they’re humans just like us. They put on their space suits one leg at a time, they have to eat, sleep, and just like us, poop. The only difference is if their toilet doesn’t work, they can’t po...
Den W. · 09 September 2020 · 90
This Mutant Super-Enzyme Can Eat Plastic Waste Within Days
We are addicted to single-use plastics The vast majority of single-use plastic bottles end up in landfills or the ocean where they’ll take at least 450 years to break down completely. Now though, scientists have created a new “super enzym...
Den W. · 19 October 2020 · 93 · 2
Breaking Down Solar Panels
Back in December 2015, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change reached a landmark agreement. One hundred and ninety-five nations, practically every country in the world, were going to officially fight against the climate...
Alex · 06 January 2021 · 110
What We Lost When the Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
The Arecibo Observatory has fallen. This marks the end of a nearly 60 year sky gazing career that has not only helped us to better understand the universe, but has also scoured the skies searching for any signal from extraterrestrial worlds. So, what...
Den W. · 23 January 2021 · 95
There May Be 300 Million Earths in Our Galaxy Waiting to Be Found
Our home planet Earth is just one of the over 100 billion planets found in the entire Milky Way galaxy. Orbiting our Sun at literally the perfect distance to support life, it kinda makes you wonder: Of these billions of planets, just how many other h...
Alex · 27 January 2021 · 115
This Massive Wall of Galaxies Is Lurking Beyond the Milky Way
Do you ever feel like you were born too late? You may have the urge to be a great explorer, but the age of cartographers mapping our continents’ shores and mountains has long since passed. Well, I have good news: there are still places that rem...
Kelly · 14 September 2020 · 161
Quantum Tunneling Takes a Surprisingly Long Time
The quantum world... is weird. Physicists have a pretty good handle on it mathematically, but that math can sometimes point to things that just seem wrong. Like a particle zooming towards a seemingly-impenetrable barrier and then just — poof &m...
Jacob Enderson · 06 November 2020 · 106
China’s Chang'e 5 Will Collect the First Moon Rocks in Nearly 40 Years
China is no stranger to lunar missions. Over the years, the country has sent a number of increasingly challenging missions to our natural satellite. The most famous of which, was the historic landing of the Chang’e 4 spacecraft on the moon&rsqu...
Alex · 21 November 2020 · 71
These Power-Free 3D Printed Objects Can Talk With WiFi
We live in an ever-more interconnected world. Homes today can have thermostats, TVs, computers, phones, refrigerators, and light bulbs all on the same Wi-Fi network. But all of these devices required a power source like a battery or a wall outlet. Un...
Alex · 27 November 2020 · 272