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Are you in the market for a loophole in the laws that forbid perpetual motion? Knowing you’ve got yourself an authentic time crystal takes more than a keen eye for…
Scientists have engineered what they say are the first self-replicating ‘robots’ ever made from living cells. At first, these freaky-looking ‘xenobots’ might seem notable for their superficial resemblance to Pac-Man,…
Scientists have developed an entirely new soft-yet-strong, squishy material that’s able to regain its original shape after being run over by a car – or to use a more natural…
With its large crater lake of turquoise water, plumes of smoke and sulfurous bubbling of mud and gases, the Krafla volcano is one of Iceland’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders. Here,…
Between music, podcasts, gaming, and the unlimited supply of online content, most people spend hours a week wearing headphones. Perhaps you are considering a new pair for the holidays, but…
Barely a year after the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) broke one record for fusion, it’s smashed it again, this time holding onto a churning whirlpool of 100 million…
Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn’t…
A weird quantum effect that was predicted decades ago has finally been demonstrated – if you make a cloud of gas cold and dense enough, you can make it invisible.…
Physically speaking, our Universe seems uncannily perfect. It stands to reason that if it wasn’t, life as we know it – and planets, atoms, everything else really – wouldn’t exist.…
Here’s another reminder of the precarious position that the world’s climate and ecosystems are in: a new study estimates that global warming could push the Antarctic ice sheet past a…
Outbreaks of invasive moth caterpillars, Lymantria dispar dispar, and forest tent caterpillar moths, Malacasoma disstria, occur at least every five years in temperate forests. The insects munch through so many…
Humans are notoriously woeful lie detectors, even when staring liars straight in the face. A machine learning tool trained to detect tell-tale signs of lying has been found to do…
Muons are everywhere. Unbeknownst to you, several hundred strike your head every second. These subatomic particles – created when cosmic rays enter the Earth’s atmosphere – are harmless and quickly…
Above 193 °C (379 °F) something almost magical happens to water in a pan. Called the Leidenfrost effect, when you sprinkle water onto a hot surface, the drops float above…