New Spin on Famous Physics Experiment Shows Light Interfering With Its Own Past : ScienceAlert
In 1801, British scientist Thomas Young carried out a ‘double slit’ experiment that has gone down in physics history: By shining light through two slits in a material, he showed…
NASA Assessment Finds Sea Levels Have Risen Over 9 Centimeters in Just 30 Years : ScienceAlert
It probably comes as no surprise to people living in low-lying coastal regions, but sea waters are rising by large, measurable amounts. That assessment comes from NASA, which has analyzed…
Canadian “Turbocharged” Superpigs Are Heading South in a US Invasion : ScienceAlert
A cross between a domestic pig and wild boar was bred in Canada decades ago. After escaping captivity, the “super pigs” spread throughout the country, wreaking havoc on native species…
Rising Seas Threaten to Cut Off Millions of Americans This Century : ScienceAlert
The threat of rising seas is often framed in terms of inundation risk, with a focus on what ends up underwater. But in areas where the coastal landscape isn’t entirely…
Banned Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Mysteriously Hit Record High : ScienceAlert
Despite a global ban in place since 2010, atmospheric concentrations of five ozone-depleting chemicals have reached a record high. Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are entirely man-made gasses used in a variety…
The Greenland Ice Sheet Is Getting Close to a Melting Point of No Return : ScienceAlert
Scientists are increasingly worried about climate tipping points, where certain thresholds are reached that drive further warming. It’s almost like a runaway train heading off a cliff – we’re getting…
Disputed Variant of Ice Could Exist in Nature After All, According to a New Experiment : ScienceAlert
Right down on a molecular level, water ice can form out of a rich variety of structures. Though they’re all fairly similar in general appearance, differences in their properties means…
Random Numbers Can Now Be Generated at Record Speed, All Using Quantum Fluctuations : ScienceAlert
Pick a card, any card. Like a devious magician, the Universe already knows your selection as the laws of physics guide everything from your neurological wiring to the contractions of…
Just 3 Pounds Covers a Boeing 747 : ScienceAlert
Researchers have developed a new energy-saving paint that repels heat, comes in any color, and should last centuries. It’s also the lightest paint created to date. Inspired by butterfly wings,…
Incredible Experiment Shows AI Can Read Minds to Visualize Our Thoughts : ScienceAlert
Imagine you’re thinking of a goldfish. Now, what if artificial intelligence could interpret what you’re thinking and turn that into an AI-generated image of a goldfish – or at least…
Tech Giants Call For a Pause in AI Experiments, Fearing “Profound Risks to Society” : ScienceAlert
Billionaire mogul Elon Musk and a range of experts called on Wednesday for a pause in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems to allow time to make sure…
This Surprisingly Simple Shape Solves a Longstanding Mathematical Problem : ScienceAlert
A group of mathematicians has unveiled a brand new 13-sided shape they’ve simply called ‘the hat’. Don’t let the rather mundane description fool you though. This hat (which looks a…
A Look at The Proton’s Inner Structure Shows How Its Mass Isn’t The Same as Its Size : ScienceAlert
The humble proton is a lynchpin of the material Universe. Its characteristics define chemistry, governing teams of electrons that build atoms into molecules, and molecules into dazzling complexity. For all…
Company Serves World’s First ‘Mammoth’ Meatball, But Nobody Is Allowed to Eat It : ScienceAlert
Food scientists on Tuesday unveiled a giant meatball made from lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth, saying the protein from the past showed the way for future foods. The…
Scientists Created a New Recyclable Plastic Not Made From Crude Oil : ScienceAlert
The world is direly addicted to plastics. Try as we might to recycle them, plastics are cheaper to make anew, so unthinkable amounts of plastic waste are dumped into landfill…
Surprise! ChatGPT Turns Out to Be Terrible at Wordle : ScienceAlert
The AI chatbot known as ChatGPT, developed by the company OpenAI, has caught the public’s attention and imagination. Some applications of the technology are truly impressive, such as its ability…
Extreme Horizons in Space Could Lure Quantum States Into Reality : ScienceAlert
Nearly a century has passed since scientists broke the Universe. Through a complex mix of experiment and theory, physicists discovered an engine built on the mathematics of probability ticks away…
Physicists Have Manipulated ‘Quantum Light’ For The First Time, in a Huge Breakthrough : ScienceAlert
For the first time, an international team of physicists has successfully manipulated small numbers of light particles – known as photons – that have a strong relationship with each other.…
Scientists Finally Detect Neutrinos in Particle Collider : ScienceAlert
The ghost, at long last, is actually in the machine: For the first time, scientists have created neutrinos in a particle collider. Those abundant yet enigmatic subatomic particles are so…
Planting This Could Feed Millions And Lock Away Tons of Carbon : ScienceAlert
The world hungers for more food while wildlife yearns for untouched habitats. So goes the conflict between our seemingly insatiable need for agricultural land, razing forests to make way for…
There’s Still Time to Act. : ScienceAlert
The world will cross the key 1.5 degree Celsius global warming limit in about a decade, the United Nations (UN) said Monday, warning that devastating impacts of climate change are…
Scientists Discover Intense Heatwaves Lurking at The Bottom of The Ocean : ScienceAlert
In 2013, a monstrous marine heatwave known as ‘The Blob’ developed off the coast of Alaska and soon stretched as far south as Mexico along the Pacific coast of North…